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Administrative Action Preceeding Litigation

Variable Name
adminAction

Spaeth Name
ADMIN

Normalizations
125 [ view ]

This variable pertains to administrative agency activity occurring prior to the onset of litigation. Note that the activity may involve an administrative official as well as that of an agency. The general rule for an entry in this variable is whether administrative action occurred in the context of the case. Note too that this variable identifies the specific federal agency. If the action occurred in a state agency, adminAction is coded as 117 (State Agency). See the variable adminActionState for the identity of the state.

Determination of whether administration action occurred in the context of the case was made by reading the material which appears in the summary of the case (the material preceding the Court's opinion) and, if necessary, those portions of the prevailing opinion headed by a I or II.

Action by an agency official is considered to be administrative action except when such an official acts to enforce criminal law.

If an agency or agency official "denies" a "request" that action be taken, such denials are considered agency action.

If two federal agencies are mentioned (e.g., INS and BIA), the one whose action more directly bears on the dispute will appear; otherwise the agency that acted more recently. If a state and federal agency are mentioned, the federal agency will appear.

Excluded from entry in this variable are:

A "challenge" to an unapplied agency rule, regulation, etc.
A request for an injunction or a declaratory judgment against agency action which, though anticipated, has not yet occurred.
A mere request for an agency to take action when there is no evidence that the agency did so.
Agency or official action to enforce criminal law.
The hiring and firing of political appointees or the procedures whereby public officials are appointed to office.
Attorney general preclearance actions pertaining to voting.
Filing fees or nominating petitions required for access to the ballot.
Actions of courts martial.
Land condemnation suits and quiet title actions instituted in a court.
Federally funded private nonprofit organizations.

Nite that the following list of agencies amy also be found as a petitoner or respondent variable.

Values:

1	Army and Air Force Exchange Service
2	Atomic Energy Commission
3	Secretary or administrative unit or personnel of the U.S. Air Force
4	Department or Secretary of Agriculture
5	Alien Property Custodian
6	Secretary or administrative unit or personnel of the U.S. Army
7	Board of Immigration Appeals
8	Bureau of Indian Affairs
9	Bureau of Prisons
10	Bonneville Power Administration
11	Benefits Review Board
12	Civil Aeronautics Board
13	Bureau of the Census
14	Central Intelligence Agency
15	Commodity Futures Trading Commission
16	Department or Secretary of Commerce
17	Comptroller of Currency
18	Consumer Product Safety Commission
19	Civil Rights Commission
20	Civil Service Commission, U.S.
21	Customs Service or Commissioner or Collector of Customs
22	Defense Base Closure and REalignment Commission
23	Drug Enforcement Agency
24	Department or Secretary of Defense (and Department or Secretary of War)
25	Department or Secretary of Energy
26	Department or Secretary of the Interior
27	Department of Justice or Attorney General
28	Department or Secretary of State
29	Department or Secretary of Transportation
30	Department or Secretary of Education
31	U.S. Employees' Compensation Commission, or Commissioner
32	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
33	Environmental Protection Agency or Administrator
34	Federal Aviation Agency or Administration
35	Federal Bureau of Investigation or Director
36	Federal Bureau of Prisons
37	Farm Credit Administration
38	Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
39	Federal Credit Union Administration
40	Food and Drug Administration
41	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
42	Federal Energy Administration
43	Federal Election Commission
44	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
45	Federal Housing Administration
46	Federal Home Loan Bank Board
47	Federal Labor Relations Authority
48	Federal Maritime Board
49	Federal Maritime Commission
50	Farmers Home Administration
51	Federal Parole Board
52	Federal Power Commission
53	Federal Railroad Administration
54	Federal Reserve Board of Governors
55	Federal Reserve System
56	Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
57	Federal Trade Commission
58	Federal Works Administration, or Administrator
59	General Accounting Office
60	Comptroller General
61	General Services Administration
62	Department or Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
63	Department or Secretary of Health and Human Services
64	Department or Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
65	Administrative agency established under an interstate compact (except for the MTC)
66	Interstate Commerce Commission
67	Indian Claims Commission
68	Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
69	Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
70	Information Security Oversight Office
71	Department or Secretary of Labor
72	Loyalty Review Board
73	Legal Services Corporation
74	Merit Systems Protection Board
75	Multistate Tax Commission
76	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
77	Secretary or administrative unit or personnel of the U.S. Navy
78	National Credit Union Administration
79	National Endowment for the Arts
80	National Enforcement Commission
81	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
82	National Labor Relations Board, or regional office or officer
83	National Mediation Board
84	National Railroad Adjustment Board
85	Nuclear Regulatory Commission
86	National Security Agency
87	Office of Economic Opportunity
88	Office of Management and Budget
89	Office of Price Administration, or Price Administrator
90	Office of Personnel Management
91	Occupational Safety and Health Administration
92	Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
93	Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
94	Patent Office, or Commissioner of, or Board of Appeals of
95	Pay Board (established under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970)
96	Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
97	U.S. Public Health Service
98	Postal Rate Commission
99	Provider Reimbursement Review Board
100	Renegotiation Board
101	Railroad Adjustment Board
102	Railroad Retirement Board
103	Subversive Activities Control Board
104	Small Business Administration
105	Securities and Exchange Commission
106	Social Security Administration or Commissioner
107	Selective Service System
108	Department or Secretary of the Treasury
109	Tennessee Valley Authority
110	United States Forest Service
111	United States Parole Commission
112	Postal Service and Post Office, or Postmaster General, or Postmaster
113	United States Sentencing Commission
114	Veterans' Administration or Board of Veterans' Appeals
115	War Production Board
116	Wage Stabilization Board
117	State Agency
118	Unidentifiable
119	Office of Thrift Supervision
120	Department of Homeland Security
121	Board of General Appraisers
122	Board of Tax Appeals
123	General Land Office or Commissioners
124	NO Admin Action
125	Processing Tax Board of Review