Administrative Law A2 – Fall 2010
Professor Stephenson
Langdell South (Kirkland & Ellis Room), Mon-Tues, 8:10-10:10
Course Description: This course will study law making and law application by
executive departments of government. Using the material covered in the firstyear “Legislation and Regulation” course as a foundation, this class will cover a
variety of topics, including the legal framework (both constitutional and
statutory) that governs administrative adjudication; the proper role of agencies in
interpreting statutory and regulatory law; public participation in agency
rulemaking; and judicial review of agency decisions;. The central theme of the
course is how the law manages the tension between “rule of law” values (e.g.,
procedural regularity, accountability, and substantive limits on arbitrary action)
and the desire for flexible, effective administrative governance.
The casebook is Strauss, Rakoff & Farina eds., Gellhorn and Byse’s Administrative
Law (rev’d 10th ed. 2003). Casebook readings are marked “CB.” There is also a
supplemental reading packet, available from the Copy Center. Readings from
the supplement are marked “Supp.”
SYLLABUS
I. Administrative Adjudication
A. Constitutional Issues
(1) Tues., Sept. 7th – Article III: The Right to a Judicial Forum
CB 118-138 (CFTC v. Schor)
(2) Mon. Sept. 13th – Due Process: The Right to an Administrative Hearing
CB 767-769 (introductory note on Due Process)
Supp. 6-8 (Yamataya v. Fisher)
CB 238-248 (Londoner v. Denver, Bi-Metallic v. State Board of Equalization)
CB 783-790 (Goldberg v. Kelly)
CB 837-851 (Mathews v. Eldridge)
(3) Tues., Sept. 14th – Due Process: The Right to an Impartial Adjudicator
CB 407-423 (FTC v. Cement Institute, Withrow v. Larkin)
Supp. 9-29 (Cinderella Career and Finishing Schools v. FTC; Ass’n of Nat’l
Advertisers v. FTC)
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[NO CLASS SEPT. 20th-21st – FLY OUT WEEK]
B. APA Regulation of Agency Adjudication
(4) Mon., Sept. 27th – The APA and Adjudicative Neutrality
CB 254-262 (Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath)
Supp. 30-44 (Marcello v. Bonds, Ass’n of ALJs v. Heckler, Nash v. Bowen)
CB 1347-1350 (APA §§ 3105, 7521, 5372, 3344, 1305)
CB 1344 (APA §559)
(5) Tues., Sept. 28th – When Is Formal Adjudication Required?
Supp. 45-60 (Seacoast Anti-Pollution League v. Costle, Chemical Waste
Management v. EPA, Dominion Energy v. Johnson)
CB 1337-1344 (APA §§ 554, 556, 557)
(6) Mon., Oct. 4th – APA Hearing Procedures: Participation, Evidence, Findings
CB 334-345 (Office of Communication of United Church of Christ v. FCC,
Envirocare of Utah v. NRC)
Supp. 61-66 (Seacoast Anti-Pollution League v. Costle)
CB 351-374 (Castillo-Villagra v. INS; Armstrong v. CFTC)
(7) Tues., Oct. 5th – Review of Agency Fact-Finding in Adjudication
CB 936-965 (Universal Camera Corp. v. NLRB, Allentown Mack Sales and
Service v. NLRB)
CB 1347 (APA § 706)
[NO CLASS OCT. 11th – COLUMBUS DAY]
(8) Tues., Oct. 12th – Using Rulemaking To Resolve Disputed Facts
Supp. 67-89 (Air Line Pilots Ass’n v. Quesada, Yetman v. Garvey, Heckler v.
Campbell, FCC v. WNCN Listeners Guild)
(9) Mon., Oct. 18th – Adjudicative Consistency and Administrative Precedent
CB 908-916 (Shaw’s Supermarkets v. NLRB)
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Supp. 90-116 (NLRB v. Weingarten, Brennan v. Gilles & Cotting, United
Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers v. NLRB, Fox
Television v. FCC)
(10) Tues., Oct. 19th – Administrative Retroactivity
CB 556-563 (SEC v. Chenery Corp.)
CB 566-571 (Bell Aerospace v. NLRB; NLRB v. Bell Aerospace)
Supp. 117-141 (Laidlaw v. NLRB; Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store
Union v. NLRB; Int’l Ass’n of Machinists v. NLRB; Bowen v. Georgetown
University Hospital; Smiley v. Citibank)
II. Administrative Interpretations of Law
(11) Mon., Oct. 25th – Chevron and Interpretive Canons
CB 1026-1045 (Chevron v. NRDC) (skim)
Supp. 142-181 (DeBartolo v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Trades, Rust v.
Sullivan, Morales-Izquierdo v. Gonzales, SWANCC v. Army Corps of
Engineers, Virginia Department of Education v. Riley)
(12) Tues., Oct. 26th – Chevron’s Domain
Supp. 182-192 (Adams Fruit Co. v. Barrett, Christensen v. Harris County)
CB 1068-1091 (United States v. Mead Corporation)
(13) Mon., Nov. 1st – Deference and Interpretive Consistency
Supp. 193-214 (INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, Neal v. United States, Nat’l Cable &
Telecom Ass’n v. Brand X Internet Services)
(14) Tues., Nov. 2nd – Deference and Overlapping Jurisdiction
Supp. 215-231 (Rapaport v. Office of Thrift Supervision, Martin v. OSHRC,
Collins v. NTSB)
(15) Mon., Nov. 8th – Agency Interpretation of Agency Regulations
Supp. 232-247 (Auer v. Robbins, Thomas Jefferson Univ. v. Shalala, Paralyzed
Veterans of America v. D.C. Arena, Paragon Health Network v. Thompson)
(16) Tues., Nov. 9th – Complex Questions of Agency Legal Interpretation
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Supp. 248-308 (Oregon v. Ashcroft, Gonzales v. Oregon)
III.
External Participation in Administrative Decision-Making
(17) Mon., Nov. 15th – Presidential Oversight of Rulemaking
Supp. 309-330 (Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB)
CB 638-663 (discussion of OIRA review)
CB 1370-1382 (Executive Order 12,866)
(18) Tues., Nov. 16th – Sub-Delegation of Agency Functions
Supp. 331-350 (Batterton v. Francis; U.S. Telecom Ass’n v. FCC; Towne
Construction Co. v. OSHRC; Hilario-Paulino v. Pugh)
(19) Mon., Nov. 22nd – Advisory Committees
Supp. 351-393 (Public Citizen v. DOJ, Association of American Physicians &
Surgeons v. Clinton, In re Cheney)
(20) Tues., Nov. 23rd – Freedom of Information and Government in the Sunshine
CB 733-766 (NLRB v. Sears Roebuck & Co., Critical Mass Energy Project v.
NRC, Chrysler Corp. v. Brown)
CB 1323-1336 (APA § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) (skim)
IV. Access to Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions
A. Standing
(21) Mon., Nov. 29th – Constitutional Standing
CB 1139-1162 (Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, FEC v. Akins)
Supp. 394-417 (Massachusetts v. EPA, Summers v. Earth Island Institute)
(22) Tues., Nov. 30th – Statutory Standing
CB 1100-1106 (introduction to statutory standing and reviewability)
CB 1128-1139 (Association of Data Processing Service Organizations v. Camp)
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CB 1162-1172 (Nat’l Credit Trust Union Admin. v. First Nat’l Bank & Trust)
CB 1345-1346 (APA §§ 701, 702, 704)
B. Reviewability
(23) Mon., Dec. 6th – Statutory Preclusion of Review
CB 1181-1184 (Abbot Laboratories v. Gardner (Part I))
CB 1188-1206 (Block v. Community Nutrition Institute, Bowen v. Michigan
Academy of Family Physicians)
(24) Tues., Dec. 7th – Unreviewable Discretionary Acts
Supp. 418-430 (Heckler v. Chaney)
CB 1209-1228 (Webster v. Doe)
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