Petitioners’ Brief Now Due July 17 in Case to Test Chevron Doctrine’s Viability

The U.S. Supreme Court granted the solicitor general’s unopposed motion to extend the deadline for petitioners’ opening brief to July 17 in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, said a text-only entry Friday (docket 22-451). The government’s responsive brief is now due Sept. 15, and the petitioners’ reply Oct. 16. The petitioners are vessel owners challenging the authority of the National Marine Fisheries Service under the Magnuson-Stevens Act to require them to pay the salaries of the federal observers they must carry on board. The case is seen as having broad implications for the deference afforded agencies under the 1984 Chevron doctrine to properly interpret and enforce the federal statutes they have authority over (see 2305010038).