Ohio Supreme Court rules judges not required to defer to state agency interpretations of ambiguous laws
JURIST
DECEMBER 30, 2022
The Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas reversed the Board’s decision without affording any deference to the agency’s interpretation of the relevant statute. Later, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals held that a court must defer to an administrative interpretation only if the court finds a statute to be ambiguous.
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