Jump to content

Skidmore v. Swift & Company

From Wikisource


Skidmore v. Swift & Company
by Robert H. Jackson
Syllabus

Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 323 U.S. 134 (1944) was a United States Supreme Court decision that held that an administrative agency's interpretative rules will be given deference according to their persuasiveness.

898492Skidmore v. Swift & Company — SyllabusRobert H. Jackson

United States Supreme Court

323 U.S. 134

Skidmore  v.  Swift & Company

 Argued: Oct. 13, 1944. --- Decided: Dec 4, 1944

Mr. Curtis McBroom, of Fort Worth, Tex., for petitioners.

Mr. Beverly V. Thompson, of Fort Worth, Tex., for respondent.

Mr. Justice JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Notes

[edit]

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse