No. 24-971

Seafreeze Shoreside, Inc., et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al.

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived
Tags: administrative-law agency-deference environmental-policy judicial-review offshore-energy statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2025-05-02
Related Cases: 24-966 (Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the First Circuit's decision conflicts
with Loper Lights Enters v. Raimondo , 603
U.S. 369 (2024), which requires courts to
independently determine the meaning of
federal statutes rather than deferring to
agency interpretations.

2. Whether the First Circuit's decision
conflicts with La. Pub. Serv. Comm'n v.
FCC , 476 U.S. 355, 374 (1986), which held
that "an agency literally has no power to
act . . . unless and until Congress confers
power upon it."

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the First Circuit's decision improperly defers to agency interpretations of federal statutes in violation of recent Supreme Court precedent

Docket Entries

2025-05-05
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/2/2025.
2025-04-10
Waiver of right of respondent Vineyard Wind 1 LLC to respond filed.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of Protect Our Coast NJ submitted.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of America First Policy Institute & The Independent Women’s Forum submitted.
2025-04-09
Waiver of right of respondent Federal Respondents to respond filed.
2025-04-09
Brief amicus curiae of Protect Our Coast NJ filed.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of Save Right Whales Coalition submitted.
2025-04-01
Amicus brief of Green Oceans submitted.
2025-03-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 10, 2025)

Attorneys

America First Policy Institute & The Independent Women’s Forum
Jessica Elizabeth Hart SteinmannAmerica First Policy lnstitute, Amicus
Federal Respondents
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Green Oceans
Lawrence S. EbnerCapital Appellate Advocacy PLLC, Amicus
Protect Our Coast NJ
Michael J. DonohueBlaney, Donohue & Weinberg, PC, Amicus
Save Right Whales Coalition
John Michael Reeves Jr.Reeves Law LLC, Amicus
Seafreeze Shoreside, Inc., et al.
Theodore Hadzi-AntichTexas Public Policy Foundation, Petitioner
Vineyard Wind 1 LLC
Carter G. PhillipsSidley Austin LLP, Respondent