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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

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To the 3rd Circuit, the compact did not amount to federal law such that the doctrine of Ex parte Young , which allows federal courts to enjoin state officials from taking actions that allegedly violate federal law, did not apply. The Supreme Court denied certiorari in Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor v. Oakland Raiders.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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In an article published in 2014, law professor Thomas Merrill suggested that the Chevron decision was not regarded as a particularly consequential one when it was issued. But in the decades since then, it became one of the most significant rulings on federal administrative law, cited by federal courts more than 18,000 times.