446 F. Supp. 2d 408 - Etape v. Chertoff’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1501 (Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act)) · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 8 U.S.C. § 1421 (§ 310 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1447 (§ 336 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee · Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc. · Mansfield Ry Co v. Swan
Most-quoted passages
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“We would be most reluctant to conclude that every failure of an agency to observe a procedural requirement voids subsequent agency action, especially when important public rights are at stake. When, as here, there are less drastic remedies available for failure to meet a statutory deadline, courts should not assume that Congress intended the agency to lose its power to act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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