Ziffrin, Inc. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that if a law is amended before an administrative agency rules, the agency must apply the new law
• asserting that permitting and licensing decisions of regulatory agencies generally must reflect the law in effect at the time the agency makes a final determination on a pending application
• finding that an administrative body must apply current law to future acts
• noting “[a] change in the law between a nisi prius and an appellate decision requires the appellate court to apply the changed law”
• an administrative agency must apply the law at the time of its decision “[otherwise the administrative body would issue orders contrary to the existing legislation”
• A change in the law between a nisi prius and an appellate decision requires the appellate court to apply the changed law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).