Darby v. Cisneros

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Darby v. Cisneros
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 22, 1993 Decided June 21, 1993
Full case name: Darby, et al. v. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al. Citations: 509 U.S. 137
Holding
Federal courts cannot require exhaustion of administrative remedies unless mandated by statute or agency rules.
Court membership
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist Associate Justices: Byron White, Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority by: Blackmun
Laws applied
Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 701–706

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.

[edit] See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 509