Richardson v. Perales (1971) - agency may rely on hearsay evidence over non-hearsay evidence and still meet the "substantial evidence" requirement for proving a fact.
Block v. Community Nutrition Institute (1984) - presumption of court reviewability overcome when statutory scheme indicates no congressional intent to create a private right.[1]
Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians (1986) - Statutory presumption of reviewability not overcome.[2]
Webster v. Doe (1988) - may not review agency action where "no law to apply."
Martin v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (1991) - When adjudication and rule-making power is split between two agencies, court should defer to rule-making agency's interpretations.
Auer v. Robbins (1997) - How much deference should an agency interpretation of its own regulations get?
United States v. Mead Corp. (2001) - What level of deference should an agency's interpretation receive when not intended to have the "force of law"? How to decide if Congress intended to have the "force of law"?
Norton v. S. Utah Wilderness Alliance (2004) - Under APA, court can only force the agency to act when it has failed to act when the required act is non-discretionary in nature.
Goldberg v. Kelly (1970) - When does state or federal law create rights protected by due process?
Mathews v. Eldridge (1976) - What level of procedural due process is required?
Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. (1982) – Does an adjudicating agency's termination of an action due to its own failure to comply with the law deny due process to the complainant?
Limits on Power to Make Policy Through Adjudicationedit
SEC v. Chenery Corp. (1947) - Impermissible creation of retroactive "rules" through adjudication.
U.S. v. Storer Broadcasting Co. (1956) - agency can make regulations particularizing statute in order to bar some claims at the threshold.
NLRB v. Wyman-Gordon Co. (1969) - making "rules" through adjudication.
NLRB v. Bell-Aerospace Co. (1974) - can make "rules" through adjudication as long as not abuse of discretion.