Shipbuilders Council of America v. United States Coast Guard

How courts have described this case

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• deferring to \interpretive body best positioned to take account of the myriad factors involved in arriving at a reasonable construction of the complex regulatory scheme\
• addressing a statute that required “all oil tankers in the coastwise trade [to] be equipped with double hulls by a specified date”
• dismissing co-appellant shipbuilders’ organization’s appeal with respect to issues not also raised by co-appellant agency, but considering both co-appellants’ arguments with respect to issues that had been raised by agency
• “In interpreting statutes and regulations, [courts] have a duty, where possible, ‘to give effect’ to all operative portions of the enacted language, including its ‘every clause and word.’”

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