ADMINISTRATIVE LAW SYLLABUS
Fall 2001 - Professor Johnson
Class assignments:
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August 28
Introduction:
Skim Chapter 1
Related
Web sites
August 29-30
The Power to Legislate (Non-delegation):
Pages 35-70 (Skim Benzene); Skim American
Trucking Asociations case
Hypothetical
for class discussion
September 4
Legislative Control of Agencies (Legislative
Veto)
Pages 80-89; Alaska
Airlines handout
Hypothetical
for Moot Court
September 5
Executive Control of Agencies (Appointment/Removal
Powers)
Pages 70-80; 89-100; Morrison v. Olson handout
case (487 U.S. 654)
Hypothetical
for Class Discussion
September 6
Other Executive Branch Controls
Pages 100-124; Skim Line
Item Veto case; Sunstein article
Related
Web sites
Hypothetical
for Class Discussion
September 12
The Power to Adjudicate:
Pages 124-144
Hypothetical
for class
discussion
Article III charts
from class
CALI exercise: Constitutional
Placement of the Administrative Process
(do this after we cover the
material in class)
September 13
Review of Fact Determinations
Pages 203-214; 218-221; 225-227; APA section
706
Related
Web sites
Hypothetical
for Class Discussion
September 18
Review of Fact Determinations (cont.)
Pages 215-217; 221-223
September 19
Review of Legal Determinations
Pages 234-240; 243-250
Related
Web Site
Hypothetical
for Class Discussion
September 20
Review of Legal Determinations (cont.)
Pages 240-243; Packard v. NLRB
Hypothetical
for Class Discussion
September 25
Review of Legal Determinations - Chevron
Pages 250-260; 263-283
September 26
Review of Legal Determinations - Chevron
(cont.)
Pages 318-324; 334-344
Skim Christensen
v. Harris County (Thomas' opinion)
Skim U.S.
v. Mead
September 27
Arbitrary and Capricious Review - Overton
Park
Pages 357-368
Hypotheticals
October 2
Hard Look Arbitrary and Capricious review
Pages 345-357; 369-386
Related
Web Sites
October 3
A+C Review (cont.) / Choice of Rulemaking
v. Adjudication
Pages 439-452; 568-576
Related
Web Site
Hypothetical
October 4
Class Cancelled
October 9
Choice of Rulemaking v. Adjudication
See assignment from last class
October 10
Changing Policies established through Adjudication
/ Retroactivity
Pages 452-454; 539-544
Hypotheticals
October 11
Changing Policies established through Rulemaking
/ Retroactivity/ Estoppel
Pages 513-534; 544-549
Hypotheticals
October 16
Constitutional distinction between rulemaking
and adjudication
Procedural requirements of the APA
Pages 551-558; 561-568
October 17
Formal hearing requirements; Informal rulemaking
and adjudication
Pages 576-594
Hypothetical
October 18
Informal rulemaking
Pages 594-614
Hypothetical
October 23
Ex Parte Communications
Pages 633-643; Handouts (660-667)
Hypothetical
October 24
Ex Parte Communications in Informal Proceedings
Handouts (667-677)
CALI exercise: Ex Parte Communications
in Administrative Law
(do the CALI exercise after we
cover the material in class)
October 25
Procedural Due Process
Skim pages 643-652; Read 661-676 and Paul
v. Davis (p. 682)
October 30
Procedural Due Process (cont.)
Pages 677-683; 691-698; Skim Goldberg - part
II
October 31
No Class
November 1
Procedural Due Process (cont.)
Pages 698-718; 658-661
November 6
Freedom of Information
Pages 730-737; Tax Analysts and Mead Data
handouts
Read APA sections 552(a)(3); (a)(4)(A); (a)(4)(B);
(a)(6)
Hypotheticals
Related
Web Links
November 7
Judicial Review (Jurisdiction, Sovereign
Immunity and Reviewability)
Skim Pages 801-806; Read Pages 807-812; 825-846
Hypothetical
November 8
No class
November 13
Judicial Review (Jurisdiction, Sovereign
Immunity and Reviewability)
Read Pages 825-846
November 14
Judicial Review (Jurisdiction, Sovereign
Immunity and Reviewability)
Pages 846-864
November 15
Judicial Review: Standing - Part I
Read Pages 869-871; 879-896 (skim NCUA case);
Read Bennett
v. Spear
Hypothetical
November 20-22
Fall Break
November 27
Judicial Review: Standing - Part II
Read Pages 897-935 (skim Steel Company case)
Hypothetical
November 28
Judicial Review: Ripeness
Skim pages 949-954; Read pages 954-975
Hypothetical
November 29
Judicial Review: Ripeness, Final Agency
Action, Exhaustion
See last class assignment; Skim pages 975-984
Skim Franklin v. Massachusetts; Darby v. Cisneros
December 4
Library research class
December 5
Exam Review
???
Library Research class
Meeting Times and Location
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 2:20
in Classroom A
Text
Breyer and Stewart, Administrative Law and
Regulatory Policy: Problems, Text and Cases: Fourth Edition.
Attendance
Policy
Attendance is mandatory. If a student
accumulates more than 6 unexcused absences during the semester,
the student will not pass the course. A student who has not read
the assigned materials for the class will be marked absent.
Preparation for class is mandatory. Class
participation and electronic participation will be considered in grading.
Contact
information
Professor Stephen Johnson
Room 311
(478) 301-2192
Johnson_s@mercer.edu