 In doing so, the High Court is reining in. The power of government bureaucrats to interpret laws may be somewhat unclear and are applied to businesses. The court delivered a far-reaching and potentially lucrative victory to business interests, ruling in cases brought by fishermen in New Jersey and Rhode Island. The justices overturned the 1984 decision known as Chevron. Billions of dollars are potentially at stake in challenges that could be spawned by the ruling.