In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451 (June 28, 2024), a majority of the US Supreme Court (Court) overturned the 40-year precedent in Chevron U.S.A. Inc v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), which had been a mainstay precedent instructing courts to defer to the decisions of federal agencies when a statute is ambiguous. In place of the so-called Chevron deference, the majority opinion in Loper Bright held that courts must exercise their independent judgment when interpreting statutory language.FactsLoper Bright involved application of the Chevron doctrine to evaluate the validity of rules promulgated by federal agencies....