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arbitrary or capricious finding

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From 289 U.S. 266 - Federal Radio Commission v. Nelson Bros. Bond & Mortgage Co. · 1933Most cited · 723 citing opinions

A finding without substantial evidence to support it—an arbitrary or capricious finding—does violence to the law. It is without the sanction of the authority conferred.