ANALYSIS: Lawyers Expect Court to Reshape Chevron, Not Smash It

The US Supreme Court will likely decide this term whether to overrule the case that established the Chevron doctrine, which allows federal agencies to take the lead on resolving policy questions when nuances exist in statutory law.

Most respondents to a Bloomberg Law survey question about the fate of Chevron, though, don’t think that the court will overrule Chevron v. NRDC outright. These respondents, who are primarily lawyers and other legal professionals, think instead that the high court will change the applicability of the doctrine.

Surprisingly, only 11% of 487 respondents to Bloomberg Law’s most recent State of Practice ...