Section 94 In Excess of Jurisdiction, Authority, or Limitations

• Library: Administrative Law 2011

A reviewing court will “set aside agency action, findings, and conclusions found to be . . . in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitations.” 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(C). A reviewing court is the final arbiter of an agency’s jurisdiction and authority. Wis. Cent. Ltd. v. Surface Transp. Bd.,112 F.3d 881, 887 (7^th Cir. 1997). In determining whether an action exceeds an agency’s statutory authority, the reviewing court’s task “necessarily entails a firsthand judicial comparison of the claimed...