Smith v. Burwell’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “examine[d] the relevant data and articulate[d] a satisfactory explanation for its action including a 'rational connection between the facts found and the choice made.' " State Farm , 463 U.S. at 43 , 103 S.Ct. 2856 (quoting Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States , 371 U.S. 156 , 168, 83 S.Ct. 239 , 9 L.Ed.2d 207 (1962) ). "Where, however, the administrative record indicates that an agency 'relied on factors which Congress has not intended it to consider, entirely failed to consider an important aspect of the problem, offered an explanation for its decision that runs counter to the evidence before the agency, or [made a decision that] is so implausible that it could not be ascribed to a difference in view or the product of agency expertise,' it has acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior

2. “long line of precedent has established that an agency action is arbitrary when the agency offer[s] insufficient reasons for treating similar situations differently.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Iaccarino v. Duke

3. “Kort v. Burwell , 209 F.Supp.3d 98 , 108 (D.D.C. 2016) (quoting State Farm , 463 U.S. at 43 , 103 S.Ct. 2856 ). Although this standard is not”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior