In Re: Martha Akers

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “rulemaking is generally a ‘better, fairer, and more effective’ method of implementing a new industry-wide policy than is the uneven application of conditions in isolated” adjudications
• \[A]n agency's general duty to enforce the public interest does not require it to assume responsibility for enforcing legislation that is not directed at the agency\
• “[A]n agency’s general duty to enforce the public interest does not require it to assume responsibility for enforcing legislation that is not directed at the agency”
• responsibility for enforcing section 504 lies with agencies administering federal financial assistance programs
• “[H]owever broad an administrative agency’s discretion in implementing a regulatory scheme may be, the agency may not ignore a relevant Act of Congress .... [T]he agency cannot simply ‘close its eyes’ to the existence of the statute.” (citation omitted)
• responsibility for enforcing section 504 lies with agencies administering federal financial assistance programs

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).