Administrative Law 2003

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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Researching Agency

Rules and Decisions

~~~~~Bridge the Legal Research Gap

Sarah Hollingsworth

June 19, 2003


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Where Were Going

Basics of Administrative Law

Federal Agency Rules

Federal Agency Decisions

State Agency Rules and Decisions

Helpful Hints Summary


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BASICS OF

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW


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Agencies Defined

Creations of the legislature

Authorized to carry out specific duties:Issue rules and regulations

Adjudicate claims and disputes

Enforce and administer machinery ofgovernment


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Two Types of Agencies

Executive

May not act independently of executive

Head serves at pleasure of executive

Independent

May act independentlyHead appointed by executive and serves for

fixed term


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Department of Agriculture

- Agricultural

Research

Service

- Farm Service

Agency

- Forest Service

-Rural

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Source: www.xcskiracer.com/irs.html
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- Fish & WildlifeService

- Geological Survey- National Park

Service

- Bureau of IndianAffairs

- Bureau of LandManagement

- Bureau ofReclamation


11/43Source: www.public-health.uiowa.edu//0039.htm
http://www.epa.gov/


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Multiple Levels

FEDERAL STATE LOCAL

Banking (FDIC) Liquor Control

Board

Division of

Animal Control

Labor (NLRB,OSHA)

Board ofGovernors of

the State Bar

Parks &Recreation

Department

Tax (IRS) GamblingCommission

City PlanningDepartment

Environment

(EPA)

Fish & Wildlife

Commission

Examiner of

Floating Homes


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Governing Laws

Federal Register Act of 1935, 44 U.S.C.

1501 et seq. (2000)

Administrative Procedure Act of 1946

(APA), 5 U.S.C. 551 et seq. (2000)

553 Rulemaking

554 Adjudications


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Charles Evans

Hughes

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Chief Justice,

United States

Supreme Court

1930

1941

Source: http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_timeline/images_chiefs/011.html
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Whatever the cause of the failure to give

appropriate public notice of the change in

the sections, with the result that the personsaffected, the prosecuting authorities, and the

courts, were alike ignorant of the alteration,

the fact is that the attack in this respect wasupon a provision which did not exist.

Source: Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan, 293 U.S. 388, 412-13 (1935)

Source: http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_history/02_c11.html
http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_history/02_c11.htmlhttp://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_history/02_c11.html


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1946

Administrative

Procedure Act

1936

Federal Register

Act


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FEDERAL AGENCY RULES


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Publication of Agency Rules

Federal Register

Code of Federal Regulations


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FR: Purpose

Centralized publication of key agency documents

Daily newspaper of the executive branch

Published daily (federal working days) since March

14, 1936

Purpose---To eliminate the problem of secret law

(Cervase v. Office of the Federal Register, 580 F.2d

1166, 1171 (1978))


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FR: Organization

Overall issues---chronological arrangement

like Statutes at Large

Individual issues---section arrangement

Regulations Presidential Documents

Proposed Rules Corrections

Notices Reader Aids


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FR: Indexing

Cumulates quarterly

Annual index in December edition

Indexed by agency and topic


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FR: Online Resources

LexisNexis---FEDREG (1980 - )

Westlaw---FR (1980 - )

Internet---GPO Access (1994 - )http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.htmlhttp://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html


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Codification of . . .

General and

permanent rules

and regulations . . .

Currently in force.


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CFR: Organization

50 titles (200+ volumes)

Re-published annually (quarterly

installments)

Title 3---Presidential Documents


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CFR: Numbering System

21 C.F.R. 102.41Title 21 Food and Drugs

Chapter 1 Food and Drug Admin.,

Dept. of HumanServices

Subchapter B Food for Human

Consumption

Part 102 Nonstandardized Foods

Section 102.41 Potato Chips Made From

Dried Potatoes


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CFR: Indexes

CFR Index and Finding Aids

CIS Index to the Code of FederalRegulations


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CFR: Online Resources

LexisNexis & Westlaw (CFR)- Within two weeks of publication

Internet---GPO Access- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

NARAs eCFR- http://www.gpo.gov/ecfr
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.htmlhttp://www.gpo.gov/ecfrhttp://www.gpo.gov/ecfrhttp://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html


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CFR: Updating

CHECK FOR RULE CHANGESCheck date ofCFR

volume you are using

Revised as of April 1,

2002

Date of latestLSA February, 2003Month-end issues ofFR

not covered by theLSA

March 31, 2003

April 30, 2003

May 30, 2003

Most recent issue ofFR June 18, 2003

CHECK FOR JUDICIAL TREATMENT


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FEDERAL AGENCY

DECISIONS


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Agency Decisions (Print)

Finding names of official reporters

-Bluebook, pp. 187-188

- Appendix D in Cohen, Berring &Olsons,How to Find the Law

Finding bound series of decisions

Loose-leaf services (BNA, RIA,CCH)


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Agency Decisions (Online)

Westlaw

- FADMIN-ALL

LexisNexis- FEDAGN

GPO Access

- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/executive.html University of Virginia

- http://www.law.virginia.edu/admindec
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/executive.htmlhttp://www.law.virginia.edu/admindechttp://www.law.virginia.edu/admindechttp://www.gpoaccess.gov/executive.html


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Updating Agency Decisions

United States Administrative Citations

Topical Shepard's Citators Shepard's Labor Law Citations

Shepard's Federal Tax Citator

Shepards Intellectual Property Law Citations

Shepards Federal Energy Law Citations

Westlaw (KeyCite) and LexisNexis

(Shepards)


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STATE AGENCY RULES AND

DECISIONS


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Washington: Print Resources

Rules

Washington State Register

Washington Administrative Code(WAC)

Decisions

Ch. 5 in Washington Legal ResearchersDeskbook


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Washington: Online Resources

LexisNexis (STREGS)

WACand State Register

Westlaw (WA-ADC)

WAC

Municipal Research & Services Center

http://www.legalwa.org
http://www.legalwa.org/http://www.legalwa.org/


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Other States

BNAs Directory of State AdministrativeCodes and Registers

Westlaw

Administrative CodesIndividual States

LexisNexis

STREGS


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HELPFUL HINTS


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Looseleafs

Provide one or more:

One-stop shopping

Full text of relevant statutes and regs Commentary

Helpful references to other relevant sources

Legal Looseleafs in Print

Diving in


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Parallels

Statutes at

Large

Federal

Register

Washington

State Register

United States

Code

Code of

Federal

Regulations

Washington

Administrative

Code


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Two Gallagher Shortcuts

Research Guide onAdministrative Law

Research

http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/admin.htm

Washington Legal Researchers Deskbook

Ch. 3: Fundamentals (pp. 64 - 69)

Ch. 5: Administrative Materials & Decisions)
http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/admin.htmhttp://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/admin.htm


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WHERE WEVE BEEN

Overview of Administrative Law & History

Federal Agency Rules

Federal Agency Decisions

State Agency Rules and Decisions

Helpful Hints


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GOOD LUCK THIS SUMMER!