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Cross v. O'Malley
Social Security Commissioner's revised medical-evidence regulations fell within its broad authority conferred by the Social Security Act and Administrative Procedure Act.
Administrative Agencies 9th Jan. 8, 2024
Modification: Center for Biological Diversity v. Public Utilities Com.
The Public Utilities Commission's successor tariff to Public Utilities Code Section 2827.1 bore a reasonable relationship to the statutory purposes and language of the Section.
Administrative Agencies 1DCA/3 Dec. 26, 2023
Center for Biological Diversity v. Public Utilities Com.
The Public Utilities Commission's successor tariff to Public Utilities Code Section 2827.1 bore a reasonable relationship to the statutory purposes and language of the Section.
Administrative Agencies 1DCA/3 Dec. 22, 2023
Glanden v. Kijakazi
Denial of social security disability insurance benefits at step two of the five-step process was improper because only a de minimis showing of disability was required to proceed with the analysis.
Administrative Agencies 9th Nov. 17, 2023
Sonoma Luxury Resort v. California Regional Water Quality Control Bd.
Failure to file timely mandamus petition seeking judicial review of regional water quality control board decision meant the decision was statutorily not subject to judicial review for any reason.
Administrative Agencies 1DCA/4 Oct. 27, 2023
Granite Construction Co. v. CalOSHA
Division of Occupational Safety and Health's citations were reversed because there was no evidence that construction workers were exposed to harmful fungus Coccidioides.
Administrative Agencies 3DCA Oct. 18, 2023
Kitchen v. Kijakazi
Administrative Law Judge did not err in excluding claimant's Veterans Affairs disability rating from analysis of disability insurance claim.
Administrative Agencies 9th Sep. 15, 2023
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Vitol Inc., et al.
Five-year limitations period for a federal action to enforce a Federal Power Act penalty begins once the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a notice of proposed penalty.
Administrative Agencies 9th Aug. 21, 2023
Backcountry Against Dumps v. Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration was required to provide specific notification of second comment review to non-profit organization who had shown they were an interested party to wind turbine project.
Administrative Agencies 9th Aug. 16, 2023
Grant Park Neighborhood Assn. Advocates v. Dept. of Public Health
State Department of Public Health was required to engage in a back-and-forth interactive process with Santa Cruz law enforcement agencies before approving a needle and syringe exchange program in the county.
Administrative Agencies 3DCA Aug. 15, 2023
HNHPC v. Dept. of Cannabis Control
The existence of Department of Cannabis Control contracts to design a track-and-trace system did not indisputably establish that the department had actually performed its duty to establish a proper track-and-trace system.
Administrative Agencies 4DCA/3 Aug. 3, 2023
L & S Framing Inc. v. California Occupational Safety & Health Appeals Bd.
An opening in a second floor railing that a construction worker fell through fit the California Code of Regulations definition for "floor opening."
Administrative Agencies 3DCA Jul. 26, 2023
Barber Group, Inc. v. New Motor Vehicle Bd.
Car dealer protesting establishment of new dealership held and failed to satisfy burden of proof even though agency's decision considered the manufacturer's performance standards without first determining their reasonableness.
Administrative Agencies 3DCA Jul. 25, 2023
Lotus Vaping Technologies, LLC v. U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Tobacco Control ACT (TCA) authorizes the FDA to require manufactures to submit comparative health risk data.
Administrative Agencies 9th Jul. 10, 2023
O'Brien v. The Regents of the University of California
Sexual harassment complaint against University of California professor was not time-barred as first "notice" was insufficient pursuant to university bylaws.
Administrative Agencies 1DCA/3 Jul. 3, 2023
Modification: Campana v. East Bay Municipal Utility District
Statute of limitations on plaintiffs' complaint invalidating water fees began when the fee structure was adopted, not when the fees were imposed, since the complaint was intended to invalidate the resolutions.
Administrative Agencies 1DCA/4 Jun. 19, 2023
Leach v. Kijakazi
Administrative Law Judge's omission of an important qualifying adjective when questioning vocational expert about jobs available for a hypothetical person with disability claimant's mental limitations was not a harmless error.
Administrative Agencies 9th Jun. 16, 2023
Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. State Water Resources Control Bd.
Because the State Water Board's duty to review Regional Board's wastewater discharge permit was discretionary, trial court's order requiring State Board to investigate unreasonable wastewater use was improper.
Administrative Agencies 2DCA/1 Jun. 6, 2023
Kern County Hospital Authority v. Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had a ministerial duty to obtain a mutual agreement with the hospital authority before transporting recently paroled inmates to hospital's emergency department.
Administrative Agencies 5DCA May 31, 2023
Barajas v. Sativa L.A. County Water Dist.
The Sativa Water District was not a proper party capable of being sued after it was dissolved by the State Water Resources Control Board for failure to provide proper services.
Administrative Agencies 2DCA/2 May 30, 2023
Center for Biological Diversity v. Bureau of Land Management
Because district court's ruling of remand-with-vacatur would not provide further relief for communities seeking to intervene in water pipeline case, the communities' request to intervene was moot.
Administrative Agencies 9th May 30, 2023
Campana v. East Bay Municipal Utility District
Statute of limitations on plaintiffs' complaint invalidating water fees began when the fee structure was adopted, not when the fees were imposed, since the complaint was intended to invalidate the resolutions.
Administrative Agencies 1DCA/4 May 25, 2023
Calcutt v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Sixth Circuit erred by proceeding to conduct its own review of the record even after it had identified errors in FDIC decision.
Administrative Agencies USSC May 23, 2023
Wischmann v. Kijakazi
Job-estimate numbers that conflicted with vocational expert's estimates were not significantly probative where no information was provided regarding the source or methodology used to arrive at the conflicting estimate.
Administrative Agencies 9th May 18, 2023
Los Angeles Unified School Dist. v. Office of Administrative Hearings
An order on a motion for immediate reversal of suspension against a teacher is not reviewable by a court because the Education Code forbids interlocutory judicial review.
Administrative Agencies 2DCA/8 May 9, 2023
Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. v. Baass
Because the Reimbursement Act does not impose a mandatory, specific method to audit Medi-Cal supplemental payments, courts may not issue writs to exact such payments.
Administrative Agencies 3DCA May 3, 2023
Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC
Statutory review schemes authorizing administrative enforcement proceedings do not displace federal district court jurisdiction for claims challenging the constitutionality of the structure or existence of the agency.
Administrative Agencies USSC Apr. 17, 2023
Garcia-Brower v. Nor-Cal Venture Group
After the Labor Commissioner became party to a pending informal hearing on a matter, it was not proper for it to issue a deposition subpoena pursuant to its investigatory powers.
Administrative Agencies 3DCA Mar. 13, 2023
World Wide Voice LLC v. Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission acted within its congressionally-authorized purview in finding a local exchange carrier in violation for entering sham arrangement to bypass rules.
Administrative Agencies 9th Mar. 10, 2023
Ramirez v. Superior Court (Department of Motor Vehicles)
Pursuant to Government Code Section 11440.30, officer's telephonic appearance at DUI administrative hearing was prejudicial when hearing officer denied driver's objection to telephonic appearance.
Administrative Agencies 5DCA Mar. 9, 2023