arbitrary and capricious review
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 401 U.S. 402 - Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 1971Most cited · 18,372 citing opinions
the court must consider whether the decision was based on a consideration of the relevant factors and whether there has been a clear error of judgment. Although this inquiry into the facts is to be searching and careful, the ultimate standard of review is a narrow one. The court is not empowered to substitute its judgment for that of the agency.
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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “arbitrary and capricious review” — 18,253 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.