Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

Decided June 28, 2024. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 22-451 · 603 U.S. 369 (2024) · Cited 458 times

Holding

The Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority, and courts may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous; Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U. S. 837, is overruled.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · 323 U.S. 134 (1944)
• Gray v. Powell · 314 U.S. 402 (1941)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · 322 U.S. 111 (1944)
• United States v. Mead Corp. · 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
• National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services · 545 U.S. 967 (2005)
• United States v. American Trucking Associations · 310 U.S. 534 (1940)
• Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
• King v. Burwell · 576 U.S. 473 (2015)
• Edward's Lessee v. Darby · 25 U.S. 206 (1827)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• United States v. Morton Salt Co. · 338 U.S. 632 (1950)
• Smiley v. Citibank (South Dakota), N. A. · 517 U.S. 735 (1996)
• St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. v. United States · 298 U.S. 38 (1936)
• United States v. Moore · 95 U.S. 760 (1878)
• Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. · 561 U.S. 247 (2010)
• City of Arlington v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n · 569 U.S. 290 (2013)
• Davies Warehouse Co. v. Bowles · 321 U.S. 144 (1944)
• Burnet v. Chicago Portrait Co. · 285 U.S. 1 (1932)
• Garland v. Cargill · 602 U.S. 406 (2024)
• Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. · 463 U.S. 29 (1983)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. · 545 U.S. 546 (2005)
• Stern v. Marshall · 564 U.S. 462 (2011)
• Dickerson v. United States · 530 U.S. 428 (2000)
• Vasquez v. Hillery · 474 U.S. 254 (1986)
• CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries · 553 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Allentown MacK Sales & Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 522 U.S. 359 (1998)
• Pauley v. BethEnergy Mines, Inc. · 501 U.S. 680 (1991)
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations Authority · 464 U.S. 89 (1983)
• Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors · 603 U.S. 799 (2024)
• Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · 606 U.S. 357 (2025)
• NRC v. Texas · 605 U.S. 665 (2025)
• Bondi v. Vanderstok · 604 U.S. 458 (2025)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2024). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).