NAVARRO v. PFIZER CORP.

No. 00-1856.

261 F.3d 90 (2001)

Gladys Navarro, a/k/a Gladys Navarro Pomares, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Pfizer Corporation, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel Porro-Vizcarra for appellants.

Pedro J. Manzano-Yates, with whom Fiddler Gonzalez & Rodriguez, LLP was on brief, for appellee.

Before Torruella, Circuit Judge, Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge, and Selya, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Faced with the arduous demands of legislating for an increasingly complex society, Congress often leaves interstitial details to selected administrative agencies. Congress followed this praxis when it enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654, delegating implementation to the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary). See id. § 2654.

Responding to this directive, the Secretary promulgated...

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