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· 2/7/1989

John F. Kreis v. Secretary of the Air Force

Citations

  • 866 F.2d 1508
  • 275 U.S. App. D.C. 390
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 1142
  • 1989 WL 8198

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that § 1552(a)(1) “substantially restrict[s] the authority of the reviewing court to upset the Secretary’s determination”
  • holding that APA review of Board’s decision permits “determin[ation] only [of] whether the [Board’s] decision making process was deficient, not whether [its] decision was correct”
  • holding that the Secretary “must give a reason that a court can measure . . . against the ‘arbitrary or capricious’ standard of the APA”
  • holding that the Secretary “must give a reason that a court can measure ... against the ‘arbitrary or capricious’ standard of the APA”
  • holding that the district court erred by dismissing a claim challenging the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records’ denial as arbitrary and capricious under the APA
  • holding that in exercising its discretion in regard to promotion decisions, the military must “give a reason that a court can measure, albeit with due deference, against the arbitrary and capricious standard of the APA”

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Judges: Ginsburg, Silberman

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