ADMINISTRATIVE LAW SPRING 2018 Professor Quinton Lucas
Course Meeting Time Mondays and Tuesdays, 8:45am until 10:10am, in Green Hall Room 127. Materials The required text for the course is GELLHORN AND BYSE’S ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: CASES COMMENTS (12th ed. 2018) by Strauss, Rakoff, Metzger, Barron, and O’Connell.
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Office Hours You may visit my office to discuss any issues in person. My office is Room 502 in Green Hall. I hold formal office hours on Mondays from 11:00am until 1:30pm, or by appointment via email. Course Policies You must read the daily assignments listed on the syllabus in advance of each class meeting. Evaluation The course will conclude with an examination. Ten percent of the final grade will be based on class participation. Strong class participation includes in-class responses that demonstrate engagement with the readings and an ability to analyze questions in connection with the materials covered throughout the course. Students also show strong class participation by voluntarily contributing to class discussion regularly throughout the semester. Honor Code Matters of law student honesty and integrity in academic performance are governed by the law school’s honor code. The honor code can be viewed at: http://www.law.ku.edu/academics/honorcode.shtml Attendance Regular class attendance is required. I reserve the right to adjust your grade downward—outside the course performance metric—for excessive unexcused absences. If you miss more than four
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class meetings without discussing the reasons for your absence with me in advance, you will not be allowed to sit for the final exam. Computers and Other Electronic Devices You may use a computer in class, but please limit your computer activity to taking notes or accessing relevant statutory materials. Anyone participating in distracting activity on a computer, tablet, online gaming system, etc., while in class, may lose his or her privilege to use electronic devices in the classroom. Law School Resources The School of Law works with the University of Kansas Academic Achievement and Access Center to coordinate accommodations and services for students with disabilities. If you have or think you may have a disability for which you wish to request classroom or exam accommodations, please contact the School of Law’s Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Elizabeth Kronk Warner within the first two weeks of the semester. More about the Academic Achievement and Access Center can be found at www.achievement.ku.edu. Statement on Harassment and Other Misconduct The classroom, office hours, and events on and off campus are environments in which students should be free from unwelcome comments and attention from colleagues or the instructor and any situations that undermine our professional education environment. Should you have concerns about conduct by either students or the instructor, please direct them to the School of Law’s Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Elizabeth Kronk Warner, or should you wish to speak with someone outside the School of Law, please contact the University of Kansas Office of Institutional Opportunity & Access, ioa@ku.edu or (785) 864-6414. Instructor Information I encourage you to ask me any questions you may have about the course or other law school matters at your convenience. I can be reached via email at QLucas@ku.edu or by phone at (816) 679-1662. You can expect a response within 24 hours to any message. Please note that lengthier messages require a somewhat more thoughtful and slower response.
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ASSIGNMENTS Class 1
Statutory Interpretation King v. Burwell, pp. 97-106 Hively v. Ivy Tech Cmty College, pp. 111-122 Notes, pp. 135-36 Lockhart v. United States, pp. 141-148 Rulemaking versus Adjudication and the Statutory Framework of the Administrative Procedure Act
Class 2
Londoner v. Denver, pp. 218-222 Bi-Metallic Investment Co. v. State Bd. of Eq., pp. 222-224 Note 1, pp. 224-226 Note 2, pp. 226-228 Text, pp. 233-238 Skim, Administrative Procedure Act, pp. 1464-1478
Class 3
SEC v. Chenery Corp., pp. 248-256 Note 1, pp. 256-57 Note 3(f), p. 260 Note 1, pp. 261-263 Outer Limits on Administrative Power: Procedural Due Process
Class 4
Notes, pp. 544-546 Bd. of Regents v. Roth, pp. 546-553 Perry v. Sinderman, 553-556 Note 1, pp. 556-559 Note 4, pp. 559-560 Note 7, p. 561 Note 8, pp. 561-562
Class 5
Matthews v. Eldridge, pp. 563-572 Note 1, pp. 576-577 Kapps v. Wing, pp. 580-589 Latif v. Holder, pp. 596-608
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Class 6
North American Cold Storage Co. v. Chicago, pp. 615-617 Ingraham v. Wright, pp. 888-895 Note 1, pp. 636-638 Note 2, pp. 638-639 Thomas M. Cooley Law Sch. v. Amer. Bar. Ass’n, pp. 641-647 Adjudication under the APA
Class 7
FTC v. Cement Inst., pp. 464-469 Text, pp. 478-480 Citizens Awareness Network v. United States, pp. 480-486 Note 3, pp. 498-499 Note 4, pp. 499-502 Notes 2-3, pp. 521-524
Class 8
Dominion Energy v. Johnson, pp. 528-532 PBGC v. LTV Corp., pp. 533-536 Olivares v. TSA, pp. 538-542 Note 1, pp. 542-543 Rulemaking
Class 9
Text, pp. 280-291 Vermont Yankee v. NRDC, pp. 295-304 Veterans Justice Grp v. Sec. of Vet. Affairs, pp. 313-317 Note 2, p. 318 Note 4, pp. 319-321
Class 10
U.S. v. Nova Scotia Food Prods. Corp., pp. 322-329 Note 2, pp. 330-333 Note 4, pp. 341-343 United States v. Dean, pp. 344-348
Class 11
Texas v. United States, 357-365 Gen’l Elec. Co. v. EPA, pp. 365-368 Ctr. for Auto Safety v. NHTSA, pp. 368-371 Note 4, pp. 373-375
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Class 12
Text, pp. 397-402 Note 1, p. 410 Home Box Office, Inc. FCC, pp. 446-449 C&W Fish Co., Inc. v. Fox, pp. 455-457 Separation of Powers
Class 13
Text, pp. 777-780 Whitman v. American Trucking, pp. 791-796 DOT v. Ass’n of Amer. Railroads, pp. 796-800 INS v. Chadha, pp. 831-840
Class 14
Bowsher v. Synar, pp. 860-865 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co v. Sawyer, pp. 871-880 Free Enterp. Fund v. PCAOB, pp. 922-934 Morrison v. Olson, pp. 934-938 Note 4, pp. 941-944
Class 15
Note 3, pp. 962-967 (Pres. Obama) Note 4, pp. 967-969 (Pres. Trump) Note 1, pp. 980-984 Note 2, pp. 986-990
Class 16
Stern v. Marshall, pp. 1006-1014 CFTC v. Schor, pp. 1018-1021 Judicial Review
Class 17
APA §§ 701-706, pp. 1475-1477 Shaw’s Supermkts, Inc. v. NLRB, pp. 1037-1040 Text, pp. 1047-1048 Universal Camera Corp. v. NLRB, pp. 1049-1057 Note 4, pp. 1059-1060
Class 18
Motor Vehicle Mfrs. v. State Farm, pp. 1069-1080 Note 5, pp. 1083-1085 Note 1, pp. 1085-1088 Note 2, pp. 1088-1089 FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., pp. 1100-1114
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Class 19
Skidmore v. Swift & Co., pp. 1125-1128 Chevron v. Natural Resources Def. Council, pp. 1129-1136 Notes 4-6, pp. 1141-1145 Note 2, pp. 1146-1148 Note 9, pp. 1158-1159 MCI Telecommunications v. AT&T, pp. 1171-1180
Class 20
SWANCC v. Corps of Eng’rs, pp. 1203-1213 United States v. Mead Corp., pp. 1221-1235 Massachusetts v. EPA, pp. 1253-1268 Justiciability
Class 21
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, pp. 1300-1308 Note 1, pp. 1308-1309 FEC v. Akins, pp. 1317-1321 Text, pp. 1324-1327 Note 5, pp. 1330-1332
Class 22
Summers v. Earth Isl. Inst., pp. 1332-1336 Allen v. Wright, pp. 1340-1345 Notes 4-5, pp. 1347-1349 Text, pp. 1349-1352 Note 4, pp. 1358-1359
Class 23
NCUA v. First Nat’l Bank & Trust, pp. 1360-1365 Note 1, pp. 1364-1367 Note 6, pp. 1368-1369 Text, p. 1370-1375 Abbot Labs. v. Gardner, pp. 1375-1379 Block v. Cmty Nutrition, pp. 1390-1392
Class 24
Webster v. Doe, pp. 1399-1404 Notes 1-4, pp. 1407-1412 Darby v. Cisneros, pp. 1414-1415 Sackett v. EPA, pp. 1418-1421 Text, pp. 1424-1426
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Regulatory Transparency Class 25
Text, pp. 672-674 Milner v. Dep’t of the Navy, pp. 683-693
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Monday, April 30 at 2:00pm
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