Chevron doctrine

American  

[shev-ron dok-trin] / ˈʃɛv rɒn ˌdɒk trɪn /

noun

Law.

1. the arguments supporting Chevron deference and spelling out the conditions for its legitimate application.

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Etymology

Origin of Chevron doctrine

First recorded in 1985–90; named after the 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Example Sentences

In its ruling, the court overturned the Chevron doctrine, the decades-old principle that judges should defer to federal agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2024

Scalia, a conservative luminary, had been a prominent advocate for the Chevron doctrine, but Thomas said he believed his colleague was coming around to Thomas' revised view on it before his death.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2023

In its Loper brief defending the use of the Chevron doctrine, the U.S. solicitor general argued it “respects the expertise agencies can bring to bear in administering complex statutory schemes.”

From Science Magazine • May 22, 2023

This approach is called Chevron deference or the Chevron doctrine, because it was articulated by the Supreme Court in 1984 in Chevron v.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2021

The odd thing about this is that the Chevron doctrine was a creation of conservative government.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2017