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Alabama v. Georgia

Petition for certiorari denied on June 25, 2012

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Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
11-1006 11th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2011

Issue: Whether, under step one of this Court’s Chevron analysis, in determining whether Congress has “directly spoken to the precise question at issue” – thereby foreclosing an agency’s discretion to interpret a statute it administers – a court may base its conclusion on what it considers to be the best construction of ambiguous language.

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