ARIZONA APPELLATE HANDBOOK

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ARIZONA APPELLATE HANDBOOK

VOLUME THREE

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

JUDICIAL REVIEW UNDER THE ADMINISTATIVE REVIEW ACT

AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT

§ 31.1 Background Principles................................................................................... 31-1

§ 31.1.1 Scope of This Chapter: The Administrative Procedure Act and the Administrative Review Act................................................................................... 31-1

§ 31.1.2 Rulemaking v. Adjudication......................................................... 31-1

§ 31.2 Direct Review of Administrative Rules......................................................... 31-2

§ 31.2.1 Scope of the Administrative Procedure Act.................................. 31-2

§ 31.2.2 Definition of A Rule..................................................................... 31-2

§ 31.2.3 Governor’s Regulatory Review Council....................................... 31-3

§ 31.2.4 Review of Agency Rules Under the Declaratory Judgments Act.. 31-3

§ 31.2.5 Consequences of Failure To Seek Review.................................... 31-4

§ 31.2.6 Awards of Attorneys’ Fees........................................................... 31-5

§ 31.3 Review of Agency Decisions Under the Administrative Review Act............. 31-5

§ 31.3.1 History and Scope of the Administrative Review Act................... 31-5

§ 31.3.1.1 Evolution of Arizona Law......................................... 31-5

§ 31.3.1.2 Agencies To Which the Administrative Review Act Applies 31-5

§ 31.3.1.2.1 General Nonapplicability To Local Government Actions 31-5

§ 31.3.1.2.2 Specific Agency Statutes Providing For Review Under the Administrative Review Act.................. 31-6

§ 31.3.1.2.3 Nonapplication of Administrative Review Act To Agencies With Special Judicial Review Statutes.. 31-6

§ 31.3.1.3 Types of Decisions That Are Reviewable.................. 31-7

§ 31.3.1.4 What Constitutes A “Decision”................................. 31-7

§ 31.3.1.5 The Uniform Administrative Hearing Procedures...... 31-9

§ 31.3.1.5.1 Exempt Agencies................................. 31-9

§ 31.3.1.5.2 Types of Administrative Decisions: Contested Cases and Appealable Agency Actions............... 31-10

§ 31.3.1.5.3 Exclusion of Rules and Other Statements of Policy of General Application From the Uniform Administrative Hearing Procedures............................ 31-10

§ 31.3.1.6 UAHP Provisions Affecting Judicial Review........... 31-11

§ 31.3.1.6.1 Statutory Authorization of Judicial Review Under the Administrative Review Act................ 31-11

§ 31.3.1.6.2 Administrative Appeal Under the Uniform Administrative Hearing Procedures Necessary To Later Judicial Review 31-11

§ 31.3.1.6.3 Rehearing or Review Permitted.......... 31-11

§ 31.3.1.6.4 Rehearing or Review Is Sometimes Required As A Condition of Obtaining Judicial Review............. 31-11

§ 31.3.2 Prerequisites To Administrative Review In Superior Court......... 31-12

§ 31.3.2.1 Parties……….......................................................... 31-12

§ 31.3.2.1.1 Appellants.......................................... 31-12

§ 31.3.2.1.2 The Appellee Agency........................ 31-12

§ 31.3.2.1.3 Capacity To Be Sued......................... 31-13

§ 31.3.2.1.4 Private Appellees............................... 31-13

§ 31.3.2.1.5 Appeals From Superior Court............ 31-14

§ 31.3.2.2 Procedural Finality.................................................. 31-14

§ 31.3.2.2.1 Which Decisions Are Final................ 31-14

§ 31.3.2.2.2 Obligation to Seek Rehearing............. 31-14

§ 31.3.2.3 Judicial Doctrines of Justiciability........................... 31-15

§ 31.3.2.3.1 Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies 31-15

§ 31.3.2.3.2 Primary Jurisdiction........................... 31-18

§ 31.3.2.3.3 Ripeness............................................ 31-18

§ 31.3.2.3.4 Mootness........................................... 31-19

§ 31.3.3 Scope and Standards of Judicial Review.................................... 31-19

§ 31.3.3.1 The Record 31-19

§ 31.3.3.1.1 On the Record Review....................... 31-19

§ 31.3.3.1.2 Trial De Novo: Inadequate Transcript or Demands of Justice 31-19

§ 31.3.3.1.3 Taking of Additional Evidence In Superior Court 31-20

§ 31.3.3.2 Standards of Administrative Review....................... 31-21

§ 31.3.3.2.1 Introduction and General Objectives.. 31-21

§ 31.3.3.2.2 Legislative v. Judicial Choice of Standards 31-21

§ 31.3.3.3 Standards of Review On the Record........................ 31-22

§ 31.3.3.3.1 Review of Factual Questions............. 31-22

§ 31.3.3.3.2 Review of Questions of Law............. 31-23

§ 31.3.3.3.3 Arbitrary and Capricious and Abuse of Discretion 31-24

§ 31.3.3.4 Standards When Court Hears Evidence................... 31-26

§ 31.3.4 Procedures For Review…........................................................... 31-26

§ 31.3.4.1 Sources: Statutes and Rules of Court....................... 31-26

§ 31.3.4.2 Initiating Judicial Review........................................ 31-26

§ 31.3.4.2.1 Thirty-Five Day Time Limit For Seeking Judicial Review 31-26

§ 31.3.4.2.2 Required Methods For Service of the Decision 31-26

§ 31.3.4.3 Pleadings and Service of Process............................. 31-27

§ 31.3.4.4 Service of Process................................................... 31-28

§ 31.3.4.5 Venue.......... …....................................................... 31-29

§ 31.3.4.6 Transmitting and Supplementing the Record........... 31-29

§ 31.3.4.7 Stays………............................................................ 31-30

§ 31.3.4.8 Discovery…............................................................ 31-30

§ 31.3.4.9 Briefing the Merits................................................... 31-30

§ 31.3.4.10 Superior Court Decision.......................................... 31-30

§ 31.3.4.11 Findings and Conclusions........................................ 31-31

§ 31.3.4.12 Award of Fees and Costs......................................... 31-31

§ 31.3.4.12.1 Taxation of Costs.............................. 31-31

§ 31.3.4.12.2 Attorneys’ Fees................................. 31-32

§ 31.3.4.13 Further Appeals Beyond the Superior Court............ 31-32

§ 31.3.4.14 Effect On Continuing Agency Authority................. 31-34

§ 31.4 Review of Decisions Outside the Administrative Review Act..................... 31-34

§ 31.4.1 Effect of Express Exclusion of Welfare Decisions From the Administrative Review Act 31-34

§ 31.4.2 Agencies Not Subject To the Administrative Review Act........... 31-35

§ 31.4.3 Role of Special Action Proceedings............................................ 31-35

THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW ACT AND
THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT

FORMS

31:1 Motion For Rehearing................................................................................. 31A-1

31:2 Notice of Appeal of Administrative Decision............................................. 31A-2

31:3 Notice of Appearance................................................................................. 31A-4

31:4 Motion For Stay of Agency Decision and Application For Order To Show Cause 31A-5

31:5 Order To Show Cause................................................................................. 31A-7

31:6 Order Staying Agency Decision.................................................................. 31A-8

31:7 Stipulation and Order For Briefing Schedule.............................................. 31A-9

31:8 Notice of Action....................................................................................... 31A-11

31:9 Motion For Leave To Introduce Additional Evidence............................... 31A-12

31:10 Request For Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law............................. 31A-14

31:11 Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law................................................. 31A-15

31:12 Judgment (affirming agency decision)...................................................... 31A-16

31:13 Judgment (reversing agency decision, in whole or in part)........................ 31A-17

31:14 Judgment (modifying agency decision).................................................... 31A-19

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

§ 32.1 Scope of This Chapter................................................................................ 32-1

§ 32.2 Hearings Before the Office of Administrative Hearings and Other Hearings Held Under the Uniform Administrative Hearing Procedures Act........................................ 32-1

§ 32.2.1 Exempted Agencies.................................................................... 32-1

§ 32.2.2 Uniform Administrative Hearing Procedures.............................. 32-2

§ 32.2.3 Rules Adopted By the Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings 32-3

§ 32.3 Uniform Administrative Hearing Procedures Definitions............................ 32-3

§ 32.3.1 Contested Case Versus Appealable Agency Action.................... 32-3

§ 32.3.2 Contested Case........................................................................... 32-3

§ 32.3.3 Appealable Agency Action........................................................ 32-3

§ 32.3.4 Matter......................................................................................... 32-3

§ 32.3.5 Agency....................................................................................... 32-4

§ 32.3.6 Administrative Law Judge.......................................................... 32-4

§ 32.3.7 Administrative Law Judge Decision........................................... 32-4

§ 32.3.8 Final Administrative Decision.................................................... 32-4

§ 32.4 How Cases Are Filed and Docketed With the Office of Administrative Hearings 32-4

§ 32.5 Prehearing...