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Case Note: Jacobs V Save Beeliar Wetlands (Inc), Phillip Paul
Case Note: Jacobs V Save Beeliar Wetlands (Inc), Phillip Paul
The University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review
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National Wildlife Federation V. National Marine Fisheries Service, Jacob R. Schwaller
National Wildlife Federation V. National Marine Fisheries Service, Jacob R. Schwaller
Public Land & Resources Law Review
The tide in the legal battle surrounding anadromous fish protections in the Columbia River watershed most recently swung in favor of the fish. In the latest iteration of National Wildlife Federation v. National Marine Fisheries Service, the Court found in a lengthy opinion that NOAA fisheries acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it issued its 2014 BiOp concluding that the FCRPS did not violate the ESA. The Court also ruled that the Corps violated NEPA by failing to prepare an environmental impact statement in connection with their records of decision implementing reasonable and prudent alternatives in the BiOp. This decision could …
Marshall J. Breger & Gary J. Edles, Independent Agencies In The United States—Law, Structure, And Politics, Roberta S. Karmel
Marshall J. Breger & Gary J. Edles, Independent Agencies In The United States—Law, Structure, And Politics, Roberta S. Karmel
Catholic University Law Review
Roberta S. Karmel, Centennial Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law at Brooklyn Law School, reviews Marshall J. Breger & Gary J. Edles new book Independent Agencies in the United States: Law, Structure, and Politics.
Professor Karmel examines and evaluates each chapter of Independent Agencies in the United States: Law, Structure, and Politics from her own unique perspective based on her experience as a staff member and, later, commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, director of the New York Stock Exchange, and member of the National Association of …
Collateral Damage: When Should The Determinations Of Administrative Adjudications Have Collateral Estoppel Effect In Subsequent Adjudications?, Matthew Faust
Fordham Law Review
Collateral estoppel is an equitable doctrine under which a court gives issue-preclusive effect to findings of fact or law made in previous proceedings. The U.S. Supreme Court has recently held that under certain circumstances, the determinations of administrative adjudications have collateral estoppel effect in federal court. The Court, however, did not address under which circumstances the determinations of administrative adjudications should have collateral estoppel effect in subsequent administrative adjudications. There has been little clear and consistent reasoning in lower federal courts about when collateral estoppel should apply in administrative adjudications, and administrative agencies vary widely in their application of collateral …
The Administrative Constitution In Exile, Mila Sohoni
The Administrative Constitution In Exile, Mila Sohoni
William & Mary Law Review
For decades, the aspiration of administrative law has been to develop legal structures that would constrain and legitimate the exercise of agency power. The fruition of that hope was the complex internal blueprint that has made modern administrative governance both successful and legitimate the framework for executive action that many have hailed as the administrative constitution. Today, however, novel exercises of administrative power are crowding out old and familiar varieties, making the conventional forms of administrative action less and less relevant to the conduct of government.
This Article examines how the administrative constitution has changed over time and how that …