Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Res. Def. Council

Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"

United States v. Mead Corp.

Holding that a Customs classification ruling "has no claim to judicial deference under Chevron " but can "claim respect according to its persuasiveness"

Thomas Jefferson Univ. v. Shalala

Holding that "the agency’s interpretation must be given controlling weight unless it is plainly erroneous or inconsistent with the regulation"

Washington State Department of Social & Health Services v. Guardianship Estate of Keffeler

Holding that the phrase “other legal process” in 42 U.S.C. § 407 refers only to the utilization of a judicial or quasi-judicial mechanism, the common attribute shared by the phrase and the statutory enumeration preceding it

Skidmore v. Swift Co.

Holding that "the rulings, interpretations and opinions of the Administrator" of the statute in question, "while not controlling upon the courts by reason of their authority," were nonetheless available for guidance to the extent they had the "power to persuade"

United States v. Alaska

Finding that the President's executive order "placed Congress on notice that the President had construed his reservation authority to extend to submerged lands and had exercised that authority to set aside uplands and submerged lands in the Reserve"

Southwest Sunsites, Inc. v. F.T.C

Noting that a relevant consideration in a due process analysis is whether the parties “had an opportunity to rebut” evidence against them and finding no due process violation, in part, because the petitioners did have an “opportunity to respond to the documents” brought against them

Seldovia Native Ass'n, Inc. v. Lujan

Holding that Alaska Native Village Corporation "does not meet one of the basic criteria of an Indian tribe" because it "is not a governing body"

Buschmann v. Schweiker

Holding that an agency can rely on harmless error only when a mistake of the administrative body is one that clearly had no bearing on the procedure used or the substance of decision reached

Personal Watercraft v. Dept. of Commerce

Noting that "[a]gencies are free to ignore" filings received almost two years after a comment period closed

Section 706 - Scope of review

Granting courts jurisdiction to "compel agency action unlawfully held or unreasonably delayed"

Section 701 - Application; definitions

Adopting the definition given in Section 551

Section 1601 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy

Section 479 - Transferred

Defining the term “Indian” in the Indian Reorganization Act to include “all persons of Indian descent who are members of any recognized Indian tribe now under Federal jurisdiction, and all persons who are descendants of such members who were, on June 1, 1934, residing within the present boundaries of any Indian reservation,” and “ further includ [ing] all other persons of one-half or more Indian blood ”

Section 1606 - Regional Corporations

Granting Native regional corporations right of first refusal to shares transferred to a non-Native pursuant to intestate succession

Section 1613 - Conveyance of lands

Authorizing the Secretary to "withdraw and convey to the appropriate Regional Corporation fee title to existing cemetery sites and historical places"

Section 1602 - Definitions

Including those defined by blood quantum without regard to membership in any group

Section 1610 - Withdrawal of public lands

Withdrawing from public appropriation those "lands in each township that encloses all or part of any Native village"

Section 1607 - Village Corporations

Section 1611 - Native land selections

Authorizing selection of land in "all of the township or townships in which any part of the village is located"

Section 4.1 - Scope of authority; applicable regulations

Noting that the IBLA issues the final decision for the Department of Interior

Section 2651.2 - Eligibility requirements

Providing that "[d]ecisions of the Board on village eligibility appeals are not final until personally approved by the Secretary"