McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp.

Decided June 20, 2025. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23-1226 · 606 U.S. 146 (2025) · Cited 19 times

Holding

The Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to an agency’s interpretation of a statute. District courts must independently determine the law’s meaning under ordinary principles of statutory interpretation while affording appropriate respect to the agency’s interpretation.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Port of Boston Marine Terminal Assn. v. Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantic · 400 U.S. 62 (1970)
• Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich · 510 U.S. 200 (1994)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee · 579 U.S. 261 (2016)
• Federal Communications Commission v. ITT World Communications, Inc. · 466 U.S. 463 (1984)
• Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors · 603 U.S. 799 (2024)
• Elgin v. Department of the Treasury · 567 U.S. 1 (2012)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 258 U.S. 377 (1922)
• Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States · 434 U.S. 275 (1978)
• Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton · 587 U.S. 601 (2019)
• United States v. Stevens · 559 U.S. 460 (2010)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co. · 416 U.S. 267 (1974)
• Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians · 476 U.S. 667 (1986)
• Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez · 590 U.S. 595 (2020)
• Dunlop v. Bachowski · 421 U.S. 560 (1975)
• Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr · 589 U.S. 221 (2020)
• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo · 603 U.S. 369 (2024)
• Freeman v. Quicken Loans, Inc. · 566 U.S. 624 (2012)
• Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv. · 586 U.S. 9 (2018)
• PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc. · 588 U.S. 1 (2019)
• Fischer v. United States · 603 U.S. 480 (2024)
• Bouarfa v. Mayorkas · 604 U.S. 6 (2024)
• Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC · 598 U.S. 175 (2023)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2025). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).