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Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.

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Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
325 U.S. 410
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
43 of 43
Citing cases (total)
43
Treatment dates
2019
Limited by some courts
At least one reviewed court has limited this case’s holding to narrower facts or a narrower rule. No reviewed court has overruled it. Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co. remains in force, with its agency deference rule limited by Kisor v. Wilkie as listed below. The Supreme Court retained deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulation but reinforced when courts may use it.
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  • The Supreme Court retained Seminole Rock deference while reinforcing limits on when an agency's interpretation receives controlling weight.

    Kisor v. Wilkie · Supreme Court of the United States · filed

    We call that practice Auer deference, or sometimes Seminole Rock deference, after two cases in which we employed it. See Auer v. Robbins, 519 U. S. 452 (1997); Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co., 325 U. S. 410 (1945). The only question presented here is whether we should overrule those deci- sions, discarding the deference they give to agencies. We answer that question no. Auer deference retains an im- portant role in construing agency regulations. But even as we uphold it, we reinforce its limits. Auer deference is sometimes appropriate and sometimes not. Whether to apply it depends on a range of considerations that we have noted now and again, but compile and further develop today.
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