Legal Opinion
Martin v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 20, 1991No. 89-1541PublishedCited by 849 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
In this case, we consider the question to whom should a reviewing court defer when the Secretary of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission furnish reasonable but conflicting interpretations of an ambiguous regulation promulgated by the Secretary under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 84 Stat. 1590, as amended, 29 U. S. C. §651 et seq. The Court of Appeals concluded that it should defer to the Commission’s interpretation under such circumstances. We reverse.
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