ANALYSIS: Louisiana Title VI Case Signals Major Questions’ Rise

A Louisiana federal court ruling from earlier this year that implicates civil rights and environmental justice could serve as an example for jurisdictions seeking to replace Chevron deference with the major questions doctrine as the judicial standard for interpreting agency actions.

Louisiana Title VI Litigation

In 2022, an environmental nonprofit organization filed a complaint with the Environmental Protection Agency against the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality on behalf of residents in a parish located within the infamous Cancer Alley region of Louisiana. The complainants alleged that the state agency had engaged in racial discrimination in its permitting process, in violation ...