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Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal agencies

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But in the years since then, it became one of the most important rulings on federal administrative law, cited by federal courts more than 18,000 times. When the Supreme Court first issued its decision in the Chevron case more than 40 years ago, the decision was not necessarily regarded as a particularly consequential one.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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In an article published in 2014, law professor Thomas Merrill suggested that the Chevron decision was not regarded as a particularly consequential one when it was issued. But in the decades since then, it became one of the most significant rulings on federal administrative law, cited by federal courts more than 18,000 times.