Guardian Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• providing that notice and comment is not required when these \countervailing considerations trump public participation\
• observing that a binding norm did not exist when the agency decisionmaker possessed the “discretion to accept a non-conforming [ ] report” under the challenged regulation
• concluding rules were general statements of policy even though they had “some substantive impact”
• stating that “an interpretive rule is merely a clarification or explanation”
• finding use of the word “may” to be evidence that an agency statement is a non-binding, “general statement of policy”
• “The mandatory tone of the specifications for audits and auditors doubtless encourages compliance. However, an opportunity for an individualized determination is afforded.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).