Legal Opinion
Navarro Pomares v. Pfizer Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 20, 2001No. 00-1856PublishedCited by 265 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Faced with the arduous demands of legislating for an increasingly complex society, Congress often leaves interstitial details to selected administrative agencies. Congress followed this praxis when it enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654, delegating implementation to the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary). See id. § 2654.
Responding to this directive, the Secretary promulgated extensive regulations. See 29 C.F.R. §§ 825.100-825.800. At one point in the process, however, she caught the nearest way; in lieu of tailoring the…
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