Prof. Hickman Cited by Federal Circuit Courts

Professor Kristin Hickman's work on judicial deference doctrine was cited by two federal circuit courts of appeals. On September 4, 2012, in Price v. Stevedoring Services of America, Inc., the Ninth Circuit cited Hickman's article with Thomas Merrill, "Chevron's Domain," 89 Geo. L.J. 833 (2001), in denying Chevron deference for a litigating position of the Director of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. On September 14, 2012, in Hagans v. Commissioner of Social Security, the Third Circuit cited Hickman's article with Matthew Krueger (’06), "In Search of the Modern Skidmore Standard," 107 Colum. L. Rev. 1235 (2007), as supporting its explanation of the Skidmore standard of review as "a 'sliding-scale' test in which the level of weight afforded to an interpretation varies depending on our analysis of the enumerated factors."