Darby v. Cisneros, 509 U.S. 137 (1993), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that federal courts cannot require that a plaintiff exhaust his administrative remedies before seeking judicial review when exhaustion of remedies is not required by either administrative rules or statute.
| Darby v. Cisneros | |
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| Argued March 22, 1993 Decided June 21, 1993 | |
| Full case name | R. Gordon Darby, et al. v. Henry Gabriel Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al. |
| Citations | 509 U.S. 137 (more) 113 S. Ct. 2539; 125 L. Ed. 2d 113 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
| Holding | |
| Federal courts cannot require exhaustion of administrative remedies unless mandated by statute or agency rules. | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Blackmun, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 701–706 | |
Facts of the case edit
R. Gordon Darby, a real estate developer in South Carolina, was banned from participating in Department of Housing and Urban Development programs for 18 months. He and others filed in federal court even though they had not exhausted the internal HUD review process. Henry Cisneros, as HUD Secretary, was the respondent.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Funk, William (2000). "Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies – New Dimensions since Darby". Pace Environmental Law Review. 18 (1): 1. ISSN 0738-6206.
- Hawkens, E. R. (2000). "The Exhaustion Component of the Mindes Justiciability Test is Not Laid to Rest by Darby v. Cisneros". Military Law Review. 166: 67. ISSN 0026-4040.
- Zgrodnik, A. H. (1993). "Darby v. Cisneros: A Codification of the Common-Law Doctrine of Exhaustion under Section 10 (c) of the Administrative Procedure Act". Ohio Northern University Law Review. 20: 367. ISSN 0094-534X.
External links edit
- Text of Darby v. Cisneros, 509 U.S. 137 (1993) is available from: CourtListener Justia Oyez (oral argument audio)
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