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Judicial Review of Agency Action Under the APA

Learn about judicial review of agency adjudications under the Administrative Procedure Act.

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I. Introduction

Thus far, we’ve considered courts reviewing agency actions for constitutionality, for compliance with congressional enactments, and for compliance with an agency’s own regulations. But other issues arise under Chapter Seven of the Administrative Procedure Act, or APA. These issues generally don’t implicate the court-made judicial-review standards such as those arising out of Bowles v. Seminole Rock and Sand Company, 325 U.S. 410 (1945) and Auer v. Robbins, 519 U.S. 452 (1997)....

Lessons

    • 1. Welcome
    2. Federal Systems of Legislation & Regulation
    • The Federal Constitutional System of Legislation and Regulation
    • Overview of Sources of Federal Law
    • The Constitution and Legislative Power
    3. Federal Legislative Processes
    • How a Bill Becomes a Law
    • Delegation of Congressional Lawmaking Power to Agencies I
    • Delegation of Congressional Lawmaking and Judicial Power to Agencies II
    4. Statutory Interpretation
    • Philosophical Views of the Judiciary’s Role and Common Interpretive Problems
    • Differing Theories of Statutory Interpretation
    • Legislative History and its Use in Interpreting Statutes
    • Canons of Statutory Interpretation I
    • Canons of Statutory Interpretation II
    • Canons of Statutory Interpretation III
    • Canons of Statutory Interpretation IV
    5. Agency Action, State Processes, & Courts
    • The History and Evolution of the Administrative State
    • Federal Regulatory Processes
    • Executive Branch Control of Agencies and Judicial Review of Agency Action
    • Judicial Review of Agency Action Under the APA
    • State Legislative & Administrative Processes
    • Judicial Process