May 01, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to rules requiring the fishing industry to pay for federal inspectors onboard, in a case that gives the court another chance to change the way courts defer to agency expertise.
February 17, 2023
The U.S. government said there is no pressing reason the U.S. Supreme Court should hear a challenge to rules requiring fishing vessels to carry paid monitors and urged the high court not to overturn long-standing legal precedent that gives deference to bureaucrats' expertise on unclear statutory issues.
January 02, 2023
Some huge environmental cases are on the docket for courts across the country in 2023, including an expected Supreme Court ruling on the Clean Water Act's reach, lawsuits over the federal government's efforts to control vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy, a high court dispute over Superfund liability, and emerging chemicals litigation.
December 19, 2022
More than a dozen groups are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to use a New Jersey fishing dispute to overturn its landmark Chevron precedent and change the way courts across the country defer to administrative agencies.
November 10, 2022
New Jersey herring fishers petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to strike down a federal rule requiring them to host at-sea monitors and urged the high court to take down a long-standing doctrine requiring judges to defer to agency expertise as well.