administrative construction
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 282 U.S. 740 - Louisville Co v. United States · 1931Most cited · 251 citing opinions
in the interpretation of a doubtful or ambiguous statute the long-continued and uniform practice of the authorities charged with its administration is entitled to great weight, and will not be disturbed, except for cogent reasons; but it cannot alter provisions that are clear and explicit when related to the facts disclosed. A failure to enforce the law does not change it
How often courts cite the case defining “administrative construction”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “administrative construction” — 251 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.