REAGAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.

v.

ABOUREZK ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (17 total)

• Bresgal v. Brock, 833 F.2d 763 (9th Cir. 1987)
  …837, 842-43, [*767] 104 S.Ct. 2778, 2781-82, 81 L.Ed.2d 694 (1984). This examination begins with the language of the statute, but the court may also inspect legislative history. Abourezk v. Reagan, 785 F. 2d 1043, 1053 (D.C.Cir.), aff'd — U.S. —, 108 S.Ct. 252, 98 L.Ed. 2d 1 (1987). “If the court finds that Congress had a specific intent with respect to the issue, the court stops there and enforces that intent regardless of the agency’s interpretation.” Abourezk, 785 F. 2d at 1053 (citing Chevron, 467 U.S…
• Hortensia de Allende v. Shultz, 845 F.2d 1111 (1st Cir. 1988)
  …e court reasoned, rested squarely on her membership in a subsection 28 organization. Adopting the analysis of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Abourezk v. Reagan, 785 F. 2d 1043 (D.C.Cir.1986), aff'd mem., — U.S. -, 108 S.Ct. 252, 98 L.Ed.2d 1 (1987), the court found that such membership could not also form the basis for subsection 27 exclusion.9 We agree that the government has failed to advance a sound basis for exclusion under subsection 27. Following established princip…
• Overseas Educ. Ass'n, Inc. v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth., 876 F.2d 960 (D.C. Cir. 1989)
  …, but the court may also inspect legislative history and past administrative practice for any light these sources may shed on congressional intent.” Abourezk v. Reagan, 251 U.S.App.D.C. 355, 365, 785 F. 2d 1043, 1053 (1986) (citation omitted) aff’d, 484 U.S. 1, 108 S.Ct. 252, 98 L.Ed.2d 1 (1987). This advice is fully authenticated by Supreme Court caselaw. At the first Chevron phase, the court is to "employ] ] traditional tools of statutory construction,” see text supra at note 25, and the legislative h…