The Hundred-Years war: The Ongoing Battle Between Courts and Agencies over the Right to Interpret Federal Law‪.‬

I. INTRODUCTION For much of the last century, there has been an ongoing battle between federal courts and agencies over the right to interpret federal statutes. (2) At times, courts have deferred to agencies' interpretations. At other times, courts have demanded that agencies follow court interpretations. In some instances, this has resulted in the development of two distinct bodies of law interpreting federal statues: one created by federal courts and another by federal agencies.