SYLLABUS Current as of

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (3 CREDITS)

Prof. Christina Ho Spring Semester 2011 Rutgers School of Law-Newark Office Hours: Monday 1:45-4:15 pm or by appointment.

April 8, 2011, ver. 7

Course readings: The principal text is GELLHORN AND BYSES ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: CASES AND COMMENTS (10th ed. 2003) by Strauss, Rakoff, and Farina. We will also use the 2007 SUPPLEMENT to the 10th Edition. 1 PLEASE CHECK THE BLACKBOARD SITE ROUTINELY. As this is the first time I have taught this course, I will collect your feedback at the mid-point of the semester, and use that feedback to adjust the class, including the syllabus, accordingly. Therefore, PLEASE REFER ALWAYS TO THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF THE SYLLABUS. The revised syllabus will always be dated with a version number and then posted on Blackboard. Our general plan will be to cover an average of 30-35 pages in the casebook per class, but this is subject to revision depending on how the class is proceeding. There are 3 major sources of law reprinted at the back of the casebook that you should refer to throughout the course: Constitution 1303-1320 APA 1321-1354 (some other sections of the APA follow that but we will not be concentrating on those) Regulatory Planning and Review, Executive Orders 12866 (13258 and 13422) supp 164-178 Class participation: I will be grading your class participation and will raise the grades of those students whose performance is outstanding by a half step above their exam grade. Throughout the term, I reserve the right to assign short written exercises requiring students to post to Blackboard, and while these will not be evaluated by letter grade, student completion of these assignments will be considered as part of the class participation component of the final grade.

Administrative law is the body of law that defines and guides the behavior of agencies. This course will introduce agencies and situate them within the framework of our system of governance in terms of their source of authority, the types of activities they undertake, the limits on their actions, and the possibilities they permit.

Exam: There will be an in-class open-book and open-note exam conforming with Law School requirements.
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Page numbers will refer to the primary casebook unless otherwise indicated. Reading from the 2007 Supplement will be labeled Supp. Other readings may be posted on Blackboard from time to time.

SYLLABUS Current as of April 8, 2011, ver. 7 1. Intro

PART I: Agencies and the Structural Constitution

What is Administrative Law Problem and FAQ (1-13) Excerpts (Kagan 23-26, Frankfurter excerpt 27, Edley, Mashaw & Harfst, and Farina excerpts 30-34) Londoner and Bimetallic cases 238-242

2-3.

The Structural Constitution: Sources and Limits of Administrative Power U.S. Constitution Articles I, II and III and assorted provisions 37-38, 118-119, 140, 186, 191-192, 212, 233 (read all the italicized provisions) 1) Nondelegation: Congress Ceding to Executive? 37-38 a. American Trucking Association Inc. v. EPA, Whitman v. American Trucking Assns 38-55 b. Benzene bottom of 58-61 c. Lessig and Sunstein 65-66 d. Supp Gonzales v. Oregon 1-2, 4 2) Constitutional Limits on Delegation of Adjudication 118120 a. CFTC v. Schor 121-127 b. Granfinanciera, note 1 133-134 3) Struggles for control of delegated power: Controlling Agency Officials (140, 186) a. Morrison v. Olson 160-top of 174 b. Bowsher v. Synar 176-184, notes 186-top of 188 4) Struggles for control of delegated power: Controlling Policy (191-192) a. INS v. Chadha (starting with intro material 192203, b. Starting with note 3 206-212, Presidents control 212-top of 214, notes 8,9, and (ii) 221-224, appropriations bottom of 233-236. Londoner and Bimetallic review 238-242, note 1 243-244 APA 252-254 (also glance at whole structure of the APA on pages 1321-1354, particularly noting Sections 551, 552(a)(1 and 2), 553- 559 and 701-716

PART II: Reviewing for Procedural Requirements

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Chenery 556-563

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8-10.

Adjudication (formal and informal) On-the-Record Adjudication (review APA Sec. 554, 556, 557) o SeaCoast Anti-Pollution League (322-332 and note 4 on 333-334) o Dominion Energy Grayton Point, LLC v. Johnson and note Supp 16-middle of 21, note 4 bottom of 22-25 o United Church of Christ v. FCC 334-338 o Armstong v. CFTC 369-372 o Decisionmaker 374-377 Grolier v. FTC and notes 381-82, supp 25-26 Top of 384-388 Nash v. Bowen Morgan (394-400, note 1 on 401, and note 3 on 402) Cement Institute 408-412 PATCO 423-435 , and 462-469 Informal adjudication (review APA Sec. 555) o PBGC 470-478 Due Process 767-769 Goldberg v. Kelley783-790, Wisconsin v. Constantineau and notes 791-794 What Interests trigger DP? o Roth, Sindermann. Notes 1,2 801-812 o Note 3-5 816-19 o Meachum v. Fano 823-828, notes 1 and 2 and Supp 63 paragraph concerning p. 828 o Note 832-837 What Process is Due and When? o 837-839 o Mathews v. Eldridge, notes 1-3 839-851, note 1 862-3, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld Supp 74-79 Lassiter 867-868, Brock v. Roadway Express 869-872 Loudermill 872-879 Intro to Post-Deprivation Remedies 884-886, North American Cold Storage, note 3 p. 888 Rulemaking (informal) APA Statute 5 USC 553 (1336)

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More Rulemaking

Subinformal Rulemaking 705-732 Choice and Retroactivity o SEC v. Chenery (review 556-563 notes 563-567) o Epilepsy Foundation v. NLRB and note 1 574577 o Bowen v. Georgetown 578-583

Intro and Fl. East Coast Railway 483-493 Vermont Yankee 498-507, note 5,6 515-519 Notice o NRDC v. EPA 519-524 Comment o Nova Scotia, 524-532, notes Rybachek, Ober, 1, 4 p. 532-535, note 4 539-540 Statement of Basis o Dole v. Tanker Owners 540-546, note 2 547-548, note 555-556 Course of Modern Rulemaking o 609-middle of 626 o EO 12866 Sec 1 and Sec. 6-10 p. 1370, Notes 642top of 645 Other Contacts o HBO 666-669 o Notes and Action for Childrens Television 669-673

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PART III: Scope of ReviewReviewing Substantive Decisions

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Framing the Discussion (Sec. 706 of the APA, notes starting from c. on middle of 907-908) Facts Universal Camera Corp. v. NLRB 940-948 Dickinson v. Zurko 264-269 Allentown Mack v. NLRB 953-963 ADAPSO 965-970, 970-973 note 1, 2 Constitutional or jurisdictional facts 973-78

Beyond the facts note 3 on 984, Skidmore 985-988

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Other rules governing review Consistency, etc. Shaws Supermarkets v. NLRB 907- 915 Butz v. Glover, note 1 and 2, 4 915-921 Nonacqueiscence Stieberger v. Heckler and notes 92132 Agency Inaction o Heckler v. Chaney 1218-21 o Farmworker Justice v. Brock 1221 -23 o Lincoln v. Vigil 1224-1225 Other rules governing review: Access to the Court Causes of Action and Immunity 1100-1117 Standing Allen v. Wright 1118-1126 ADAPSO 1129-1131 Lujan 1139-1147 Akins and notes 1155-1163 NCUA v. First Natl Bank and notes 1163-1172 Statutory and other preclusion of review Abbott Labs v. Gardner, Block v. CNI 1182-1192 Timing of Judicial Intervention Ticor Title Insurance v. FTC 1229-1238 Butz v. Economou 1258-1268 Notes on Ripeness 1252-1257

Questions of Statutory Construction Chevron 1025-33, note 1 on 1033-1034, note 3 10361040 Rust v. Sullivan 1046-1051, Supp 88-89 MCI 1052-1059, Brown and Williamson 1065-1068 Mead 1068-1081, note 3 1085-6, note 1-2 1088-9 Supp NCTA v. Brand X 97-111 MA v. EPA Supp 115-129

transitional note 988-9 Overton Park 989-1002 Motor Vehicles Manuf v. State Farm 1002-1017, note 3 1018-1020 Supp 86-87

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