Case Updates
Supreme Court decides statutory-interpretation dispute over HHS reimbursement rates to hospitals for drugs
June 15, 2022
Without taking sides in the dispute, the U.S. Chamber’s amicus brief urged the Court to reinforce limits on Chevron deference. The Court applied the traditional tools of statutory interpretation and rejected HHS’s view without mentioning Chevron deference, even though (1) the D.C. Circuit had given Chevron deference to HHS and (2) the Department of Justice had invoked Chevron in defending HHS’s action before the Court.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to reinforce constraints on Chevron deference
September 10, 2021
Click here to view the brief. Paul D. Clement, Erin E. Murphy, and Evelyn Blacklock of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.