H.T. Hackney Co. v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “Administrative decisions should be upheld if they are supported by substantial evidence and are not arbitrary, capricious, or characterized by an abuse of discretion. To set an agency decision aside as arbitrary and capricious, an appellant must demonstrate that the decision was made without consideration and with a disregard of the facts. We review the entire record to establish whether the decision is supported by relevant evidence that a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion. An administrative agency, like a jury, is free to believe or disbelieve any witness and, on review, the evidence is given its strongest probative force to support the administrative ruling. A court may not reverse a decision of an agency if there is substantial evidence to support that decision. The appellant has the burden of proving an absence of substantial evidence.... ... We have further held that to establish a lack of substantial evidence, an appellant must demonstrate that the proof before the administrative board was so nearly undisputed that fair-minded persons could not reach its conclusions. The question on review is not whether the testimony would have supported a contrary finding but whether it supports the finding that was made.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Landmark Novelties, Inc. v. Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy