· 4/8/2005
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Surface Transportation Board
Citations
- 403 F.3d 771
- 365 U.S. App. D.C. 287
- 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 5663
- 2005 WL 783071
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \An agency must provide an adequate explanation to justify treating similarly situated parties differently.\
- “Where an agency applies different standards to similarly situated entities and fails to support this disparate treatment with a reasoned explanation and substantial evidence in the record, its action is arbitrary and capricious and cannot be upheld.”
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Judges: Rogers, Tatel, Garland
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