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· 3/20/1991

Martin v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission

Citations

  • 499 U.S. 144
  • 111 S. Ct. 1171
  • 113 L. Ed. 2d 117
  • 1991 U.S. LEXIS 1716
  • 59 U.S.L.W. 4197

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • allocating power “authoritatively to interpret . . . regulations” after assessing “available indicia of legislative intent”
  • “some weight” is due to informal interpretations though not “the same deference as norms that derive from the exercise of... delegated lawmaking powers”
  • “It is well established ‘that an agency’s construction of its own regulations is entitled to substantial deference.’ ”
  • an agency’s interpretation of a regulation developed in an adjudication is entitled to deference
  • “ ‘Litigating positions’ are not entitled to deference when they are merely appellate counsel’s ‘post hoc rationalizations’ for agency action, advanced for the first time in the reviewing court.”
  • interpretive rules are not entitled to Chevron deference

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Judges: Marshall

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