Whether a state court violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when it defers to a state agency's interpretation of statutes and regulations in a professional disciplinary proceeding, contrary to this Court's ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

Whether a state court violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when it defers to a state agency ’s interpretation of statutes and regulations in a professional disciplinary proceeding, contrary to this Court ’s ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. 369 (2024), which requires courts to exercise independent judgment when interpreting the law. ii LIST OF PROCEEDINGS Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts No. FAR-30133 James J. Decoulos v. Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals Final Order: January 16, 2025 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court No. 2023-P-0663 James J. Decoulos v. Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals Final Order: November 13, 2024 Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex Superior Court No. 2019-00663 James J. Decoulos v. James N. Smith, et al., as they are members of the Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals and Martin Suuberg, as he is the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Final Order: April 25, 2023 Ut iii