United States auer deferenceregulatory interpretationjudicial deference

Kisor v Wilkie

588 U.S. 558 (2019)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

Year2019

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Auer deference survives but is significantly narrowed; courts must first exhaust all tools of interpretation before concluding a regulation is genuinely ambiguous.

Area of Law

public-law

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