Abstract
In the summer of 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the Chevron doctrine, which required federal courts to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes. While the debate about agency deference in federal litigation generated significant attention in the legal community and from media outlets, the use of agency deference in state courts has received relatively little fanfare. This Article examines how the concept of agency deference entered North Carolina's administrative law jurisprudence and the North Carolina Supreme Court's recent efforts to reject the use of deference in the state's courts. This Article supports the court's project and asserts that agency deference has no place in North Carolina's case law.
Recommended Citation
Jake Parker, Affirming Independent Judgment: The End of Agency Deference in North Carolina, 47 Campbell L. Rev. 173 (2026).