Administrative Law

"Decisions from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture consisting of decisions and orders issued in formal adjudicatory administrative proceedings conducted for the Dept. of Agriculture under various statutes and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. Selected court decisions concerning the Dept. of Agriculture's regulatory programs are also included. Includes decisions for the Packers & Stockyards Act, the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, and the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act, among others."

"The Department of Agriculture Board of Contract Appeals was terminated effective January 6, 2007. This Board has been consolidated with the Department of Energy, General Services Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Interior, Department of Labor, Department of Transportation and Department of Veterans Affairs Boards of Contract Appeals into the new Civilian Board of Contract Appeals."

"The EOHA file contains decisions issued by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Hearings & Appeals (OHA). OHA provides an independent forum for the fair, impartial, equitable, and timely resolution of disputes involving the U.S. Department of Education and recipients of federal education funds. Decisions include the Office of Higher Education Appeals (OHEA), the Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ), and the Civil Rights Reviewing Authority (CRRA). Since most decisions issued by judges within OHA are subject to further administrative appeal, some decisions available in this database may not be the final agency decision."

"The Education Civil Rights Reviewing Authority Decision file contains initial and final decisions from the Dept. of Education, Civil Rights Reviewing Authority. The Office of Civil Rights is responsible for ensuring that institutional recipients of Federal financial assistance do not discriminate against American students faculty, or other individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap or age."

"The Federal Power Commission file contains energy and utility-related consent orders, proposed consent agreements, court orders, decisions and opinions from the Federal Power Commission. Most of the authority and power of what was once the Federal Power Commission now rests with the Department of Energy, most particularly in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)."

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission file contains consent orders, proposed consent agreements, court orders, letter orders, decisions and opinions from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is responsible for overseeing the operations of key parts of the energy industries: electric utilities, hydropower facilities, and natural gas and oil pipelines. An independent, five-member commission within the Department of Energy, FERC has retained many of the functions of its predecessor, the Federal Power Commission, such as setting rates and charges for the transportation and sale of natural gas; setting rates for the transmission and sale of electricity; and licensing of hydroelectric power projects. In addition, the Commission establishes rates and charges for the transportation of oil by pipeline, as well as the valuation of such pipelines."

"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission General Counsel Opinions contains letters and memoranda from the General Counsel in addition to the requests for the opinions."

"The Office of Hearings and Appeals (HG) is the quasi-judicial arm of the Department of Energy that conducts hearings and issues initial Departmental decisions with respect to any adjudicative proceedings which the Secretary may delegate, except those within the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)"

The Department of Energy Board of Contract Appeals was terminated effective January 6, 2007. This Board has been consolidated with the Department of Agriculture, General Service Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Interior, Department of Labor, Department of Transportation and Department of Veterans Affairs Boards of Contract Appeals into the new Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission file contains consent orders, proposed consent agreements, court orders, decisions and opinions from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Also included in the file are decisions issued by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel. "

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Enforcement Actions file contains Notices of Violations, Civil Penalty and Orders issued since 1995. Enforcement actions are a deterrent to emphasize the importance of compliance with regulatory requirements, and encourage prompt, comprehensive corrections of violations. Violations are identified through inspections and investigations. All violations are subject to civil enforcement action and may also be subject to criminal prosecution."

"Decisions from the Comptroller General of the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) are available in full text. Among the Government Accountability Office's responsibilities are the resolution of bid protests that challenge government contract awards and the adjudication of claims for and against the Government. This file includes Appropriations decisions, bid protest decisions and other types of decisions issued by the Comptroller General's office."

"The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) was established in 1987 to review denials of labor certification applications by Department of Labor certifying officers. 20 C.F.R. @ 656.26(a). BALCA also hears appeals of approvals and rejections of attestations of healthcare facilities. 20 C.F.R. @ 655.320. Moreover, individual members of the Board may be assigned cases involving labor certifications for temporary workers (H-2A, H-2B), labor condition applications for H-1B workers, and attestations by employers of F-1 students. 20 C.F.R. @ 655.112."

"This resource provides legal opinions from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Opinions are obtained by Publisher through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests."

"This file contains selected Non-Precedent Decisions from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) & Administrative Appeals Office (AAO).

"Immigration Precedent Decisions of the Department of Justice Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA); U.S. Department of Homeland Security Administrative Appeals Office (AAO, formerly AAU); and the Attorney General of the United States (AG)."

"The Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer has jurisdiction over three types of cases arising under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), including those involving allegations of: (1) knowingly hiring, recruiting or referring for a fee or the continued employment of unauthorized aliens and failure to comply with employment verification requirements in violation of section 274A of the INA (employer sanctions); (2) immigration-related unfair employment practices in violation of section 274B of the INA; and (3) immigration-related document fraud in violation of section 274C of the INA."

"Contains both published and unpublished decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board with coverage from 1958. The majority of TTAB appeals and inter partes proceedings are settled or otherwise disposed of without being assigned to a panel of TTAB judges for a written decision on the merits. However, all cases that go to a panel of judges for decision on the merits receive a written opinion. Some of those written opinions are designated as precedents of the TTAB, while others are not. "

"The USPTO Commissioner decisions are issued by the Office of the Commissioner for Patents and Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks. These offices are responsible for the following types of actions: Office of the Commissioner for Patents examines applications and grants patents on inventions when the applicant is entitled; it publishes and disseminates patent information, records assignments of patents, maintains search files of U.S. and foreign patents. Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks is responsible for trademark examination policy, trademark operations, and trademark administration."

Patent Office Board of Appeals (1928-1937); Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences (1937-2012); Patent Trial & Appeal Board (2012 through current)
"As of September 16, 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) changed the name of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The name change was required by the enactment of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) that was signed into law on September 16, 2011. The PTAB decisions include all decisions relating to Covered Business Methods (CBM), Derivation Proceedings (DER), Inter Parties Review (IPR), and Post-Grant Review (PGR)."

"Filings include briefs, pleadings and motions from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's (1) Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences (BPAI), and (2) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)."

"The Social Security Rulings (SSRULE) file contains 2 types of rulings from the Social Security Administration (SSA): Social Security Rulings (SSR) and Acquiescence Rulings (ARs). Rulings relate to Federal old-age, survivors, disability, supplemental security income, and black lung benefits programs. Social Security Rulings may be based on case decisions made at all administrative levels of adjudication, Federal court decisions, Commissioner's decisions, opinions of the Office of the General Counsel, and other policy interpretations of the law and regulations."

"The Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of General Counsel Decisions (VAOPGC) file contains opinions from the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of General Counsel. The opinions have precedential effect in adjudications and appeals involving veterans' benefits under laws administered by VA. The General Counsel's interpretations on legal matters, contained in such opinions, are conclusive as to all VA officials and employees not only in the matter at issue but also in future adjudications and appeals, in the absence of a change in controlling statute or regulation, Court decision, or a superseding written legal opinion of the General Counsel."

"The Federal Election Commission regularly issues a number of advisory opinions. These opinions, which respond to formal requests from anyone involved in activity subject to Federal election law, clarify the law for the requestor and for those in the same situation as the requestor. In addition, requests for advisory opinions sometimes bring to light areas of the law that need further clarification, leading eventually to revised regulations. Each opinion is in letter format, with an occasional footnote or table. Contents include date, advisory opinion year and number, requestor's name and address, and commission's written response."

"The Hatch Act, a federal law passed in 1939, limits certain political activities of federal employees, as well as some state, D.C., and local government employees who work in connection with federally funded programs. The law's purposes are to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation. This source contains all Federal Advisory Opinions and State/Local Advisory Opinions."

"The Health and Human Services Departmental Appeals Board provides impartial review of disputed decisions of Health and Human Services (HHS) operating components under HHS grant programs and provides hearings required in Civil penalty programs of the Inspector General. Included in this source are decisions from two of the Departmental Appeals Board's divisions: 1) the Appellate Division, and 2) the Civil Remedies Division."

"The Sanctions file contains formal sanctions against members of financial and health care services industries by a comprehensive range of federal and state regulatory agencies. Abstracts are collected from various Federal and state agencies, including: - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) formerly NASD - Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - HUD (actions through Mortgage Review Board) - Stock Exchanges - State Mortgage Regulators - Other Federal and State Agencies Individual records contain the name of the individual or institution, jurisdiction, agency, date, case number, action taken, incident description, status and disposition. This file provides a means to quickly investigate the background of parties, witnesses or experts, and examine affiliations of litigants."

"The Office of Financial Institution Adjudication (OFIA) is the executive body charged with overseeing the administration of administrative enforcement proceedings for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC"), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Board of Governors"), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"), the Office of Thrift Supervision ("OTS"), and the National Credit Union Administration ("NCUA"). The documents contained in this source are the initial recommended decisions issued by Administrative Law Judges housed in the Office of Financial Institution Adjudication for the five banking agencies, which ultimately issue the final decisions."

"DOINA contains the decisions of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior relating to Native American affairs as published in the two volume set Opinions of the Solicitor, Department of the Interior, Native Americans."

"The U.S. Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) is responsible, on behalf of the secretary of Veterans Affairs, for entering the final appellate decisions in claims of entitlement to Veteran's Benefits."

"The United States Coast Guard Commandant decisions file contains decisions and final orders of the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard. These Commandant decisions and orders are issued on appeal from decisions and orders of Examiners and Administrative Law Judges of the United States Coast Guard. The decisions address issues related to the suspension and revocation of licenses and all other merchant mariner's certificates and authorizations issued by the United States Coast Guard."

"The U.S. Customs & Border Protection Rulings - HQ Series (CUSINF) are issued by the Headquarters office of the Bureau of Customs & Border Protection, fka U.S. Customs Service, under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The documents include prospective rulings, rulings requested after entry but before liquidation and post-liquidation protest reviews."

"The U.S. Customs & Border Protection Bulletins & Decisions (CUSBUL) file contains full text documents published in the U.S. Customs & Border Protection Bulletin, including: - General Notices from January 1, 2005. New for 2006 - CBP Decisions from June 2003 - Treasury Decisions (T.D.) from December 1962-June 2003 - Older Customs Service Decisions, Protest Review Decisions, and Customs Penalty Decisions, as well as abstracted unpublished Customs Service Decisions."

"The U.S. Customs & Border Protection Rulings - NY Series (CUSNY) file contains rulings and information letters that are issued by the Regional Commissioner, New York Region, Bureau of Customs & Border Protection, fks U.S. Customs Service, in response to questions concerning prospective customs transactions."