· 6/21/1993
Darby v. Cisneros
Citations
- 509 U.S. 137
- 113 S. Ct. 2539
- 125 L. Ed. 2d 113
- 1993 U.S. LEXIS 4246
How courts have described this case
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- holding that administrative action will be considered “final” only if the agency “has arrived at a definitive position on the issue” in question
- holding that an appeal to superior agency authority is not a prerequisite to judicial review unless \expressly required by statute\
- holding that federal courts may not require plaintiff to exhaust available administrative remedies before seeking judicial review under the APA, where the relevant statute and the agency rules do not mandate exhaustion.
- concluding that only those remedies “expressly prescribed by statute or agency rule” subject to exhaustion requirement
- concluding that only those remedies \expressly prescribed by statute or agency rule\ subject to exhaustion requirement
- concluding that federal courts cannot require the exhaustion of administrative remedies not specifically mandated as a prerequisite to judicial review
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Judges: Blackmun, White, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter
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