Maryland Board of Public Works v. K. Hovnanian's Four Seasons at Kent Island, LLC

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “the Board possesses a great deal of largely unguided discretion in determining whether to issue a [State wetlands] license and on what terms and conditions”
• “a reviewing court is required to give considerable deference to an agency’s interpretation of its own regulation”
• “a reviewing court is required to give considerable deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulation”
• “The error committed by the Board was one of law — applying the wrong standard in formulating its decision. The appropriate remedy in such a situation is to vacate the decision and remand for further proceedings designed to correct the error.”
• “The error committed by the Board was one of law—applying the wrong standard in formulating its decision. The appropriate remedy in such a situation is to vacate the decision and remand for further proceedings designed to correct the error.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).