Herbert T. Mitchell v. Warren Christopher, Secretary of State

How courts have described this case

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

• a valid ultra vires claim must challenge “the very composition or ‘constitution’ of an agency.”
• ultra vires exception limited to “challenges that concern the very composition or ‘constitution’ of an agency”
• “[T]here are precious few cases involving interpretation of statutes authorizing agency action in which our review is not aided by the agency’s statutory construction.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).