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· 6/24/1994

Thomas Jefferson University v. Shalala

Citations

  • 512 U.S. 504
  • 114 S. Ct. 2381
  • 129 L. Ed. 2d 405
  • 1994 U.S. LEXIS 4823
  • 62 U.S.L.W. 4601
  • 94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4772
  • 94 Daily Journal DAR 8783
  • 8 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 325

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that agency’s interpretation may not be entitled to deference if an alternative interpretation “is compelled by the regulation’s plain language”
  • holding that courts must “give substantial deference to an agency’s interpretation of its own regulations”
  • holding that the APA standard is “incorporated by” the judicial review section of the Social Security Act
  • holding that the Department of Health and Human Services’ interpretation of a regulation must be given “controlling weight unless it is plainly erroneous or inconsistent with the regulation”
  • holding that courts “must give substantial deference to an agency’s interpretation of its own regulations”
  • holding that “agency’s interpretation must be given controlling weight unless it is plainly erroneous or inconsistent with the regulation.” (internal quotations and citations omitted)

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Judges: Blackmun, Ginsburg, Kennedy, O'Connor, Rehnquist, Scalia, Stevens, Thomas

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