Batterton v. Francis

Decision Date20 June 1977
Docket NumberNo. 75-1181,75-1181
Citation97 S.Ct. 2399,53 L.Ed.2d 448,432 U.S. 416
PartiesRichard A. BATTERTON, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. Robert FRANCIS, etc., et al
CourtU.S. Supreme Court
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    ...factors as the timing and consistency of the agency's position, and the nature of its expertise." Batterton v. Francis, 432 U.S. 416, 425 n.9, 97 S.Ct. 2399, 2405 n.9, 53 L.Ed.2d 448 (1977).37 The court has for several reasons determined to accord the GSA's interpretation of its guidelines ......
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    ...factors as the timing and consistency of the agency's position, and the nature of its expertise. Batterton v. Francis, 432 U.S. 416, 425 n. 9, 97 S.Ct. 2399, 2405 n. 9, 53 L.Ed.2d 448 (1977). In considering HUD's interpretation of subsection 5402(6), it is axiomatic that the Court's foremos......
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    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Virginia
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    ...its expertise.'" Chrysler Corporation v. Brown, supra, 441 U.S. at 315, 99 S.Ct. at 1724, quoting Batterton v. Francis, 432 U.S. 416, 425 n.9, 97 S.Ct. 2399, 2405 n.9, 53 L.Ed.2d 448 (1977). The Court in General Electric Co. v. Gilbert, supra, quoting from Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 323 U.S. ......
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    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • June 25, 1984
    ...(1984) Schweiker v. Gray Panthers, 453 U.S. 34, 44, 101 S.Ct. 2633, 2640, 69 L.Ed.2d 460 (1981); Batterton v. Francis, 432 U.S. 416, 424-426, 97 S.Ct. 2399, 2404-2406, 53 L.Ed.2d 448 (1977); American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. United States, 299 U.S. 232, 235-237, 57 S.Ct. 170, 172-173, 8......
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    • United States
    • Mondaq United States
    • April 18, 2022
    ...to the Secretary, rather than to the courts, the primary responsibility for interpreting the statutory term'"); Batteron v. Francis, 432 US 416, 424–426, 97 SCt 2399 (1977) ("Congress in §407(a) expressly delegated to the Secretary the power to prescribe standards for determining what const......
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    • United States
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    • June 26, 2003
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    • Environmental Law Reporter No. 45-4, April 2015
    • April 1, 2015
    ...13. See Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837, 14 ELR 20507 (1984). 14. See e.g. , Batterton v. Francis, 432 U.S. 416, 424-25 (1977); Morton v. Ruiz, 415 U.S. 199, 231-37 (1974); Mourning v. Family Pubs. Serv., Inc., 411 U.S. 356, 369-70 (1973); see Merrill ......
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    • The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy No. 19-2, April 2021
    • April 1, 2021
    ...rule has the force and effect of a statute. See , e.g ., Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, 441 U.S. 281, 295 & n.18 (1979); Batterton v. Francis, 432 U.S. 416, 425 n.9 (1977); U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE, ATTORNEY GENERAL’S MANUAL ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT 30 n.3 (1947). An agency’s interpretati......
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    ...20 C.F.R. § 416.1201(A).[44] Schweiker v. Gray Panthers, 453 U.S. 34, 43-44, 101 S. Ct. 2633, 2640 (1981), quoting Batterton v. Francis, 432 U.S. 416, 426, 425, 97 S. Ct. 2399, 53 L. Ed. 2d 448 (1997) (emphasis added). (See also Atkins v. Rivera, 477 U.S. 154, 162, 106 S. Ct. 2456, 2461 (19......
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    • FNREL - Special Institute Natural Resources and Environmental Administrative Law and Procedure II (FNREL)
    • Invalid date
    ...that a legislative rule is to be given binding effect as long as it is within agency's delegated authority); Batterton v. Francis 432 U. S. 416 (1977) (Where a regulation is issued pursuant to Congressional delegation it is entitled to more than mere deference). [70] .%sRobert A. Anthony%s,......

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