LibGuides: Administrative Law: Agency Decisions

Locating Federal Agency Decisions

Administrative law judges conduct hearings and issue decisions for federal agencies. Many of these decisions are published on the agency's website. Contents and coverage will vary, but check an agency website first.

University of Virginia - Administrative Decisions & Other Actions
This site from the University of Virginia Library provides links to decisions, guidance documents, advisory opinions, and policy letters.
HeinOnline - U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals
Selected agency decisions. Scanned images, retrospective.

Westlaw Edge
Selected agency decisions. Browse Administrative Decisions & Guidance, and then select federal or state.

Lexis+

Selected agency decisions. In Lexis+ set your pre-filters to Administrative Materials, U.S. Federal, Administrative Law.
Bloomberg Law

U.S. Government and Administrative agencies

U of V
This site from the University of Virginia Library provides links to decisions, guidance documents, advisory opinions, and policy letters.

Federal Agency Directories

A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments & Agencies
United States Government Manual Official handbook of the U.S. federal government. Provides departmental organizational charts that show the reporting structure between agencies, and citations to legislation that created the agency.

Using a Citator to Locate Administrative Decisions

Use Shepards (Lexis+), KeyCite (Westlaw Edge), or BCite (Bloomberg Law) as a research tool to discover if there are any decisions or secondary sources discussing a CFR section.

Citators for Administrative Decisions

You can check to see if an administrative decision is still considered good law. Note that these databases contain only selected administrative decisions.