District court review
Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the refusal of the Administrator to cancel or suspend a registration or to change a classification not following a hearing and other final actions of the Administrator not committed to the discretion of the Administrator by law are judicially reviewable by the district courts of the United States.
Review by court of appeals
section 2112 of title 28section 1254 of title 28In the case of actual controversy as to the validity of any order issued by the Administrator following a public hearing, any person who will be adversely affected by such order and who had been a party to the proceedings may obtain judicial review by filing in the United States court of appeals for the circuit wherein such person resides or has a place of business, within 60 days after the entry of such order, a petition praying that the order be set aside in whole or in part. A copy of the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Administrator or any officer designated by the Administrator for that purpose, and thereupon the Administrator shall file in the court the record of the proceedings on which the Administrator based the Administrator’s order, as provided in . Upon the filing of such petition the court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to affirm or set aside the order complained of in whole or in part. The court shall consider all evidence of record. The order of the Administrator shall be sustained if it is supported by substantial evidence when considered on the record as a whole. The judgment of the court affirming or setting aside, in whole or in part, any order under this section shall be final, subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in . The commencement of proceedings under this section shall not, unless specifically ordered by the court to the contrary, operate as a stay of an order.
Jurisdiction of district courts
The district courts of the United States are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of, this subchapter.
Notice of judgments
The Administrator shall, by publication in such manner as the Administrator may prescribe, give notice of all judgments entered in actions instituted under the authority of this subchapter.
June 25, 1947, ch. 125, § 16Pub. L. 92–516, § 286 Stat. 994Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 402(4)(C)98 Stat. 3357Pub. L. 100–532, title VIII, § 801(i)102 Stat. 2682Pub. L. 102–237, title X, § 1006(b)(1)105 Stat. 1895(, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , (2), (3)(P), , , 1896.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(b)(1)1991—Subsec. (b). , (2), (3)(P), substituted “the Administrator” for “he” before “based”, “the Administrator’s” for “his”, and “the Administrator” for “him” after “designated by”.
Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(b)(1)Subsec. (d). , substituted “the Administrator” for “he” before “may”.
Pub. L. 100–5321988—Subsec. (a). amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Except as is otherwise provided in this subchapter, Agency refusals to cancel or suspend registrations or change classifications not following a hearing and other final Agency actions not committed to Agency discretion by law are judicially reviewable in the district courts.”
Pub. L. 98–6201984—Subsec. (b). struck out provisions requiring the court to advance on the docket and expedite the disposition of all cases filed pursuant to this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Pub. L. 100–532section 901 of Pub. L. 100–532section 136 of this titleAmendment by effective on expiration of 60 days after , see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Pub. L. 98–620section 403 of Pub. L. 98–620section 1657 of Title 28Amendment by not applicable to cases pending on , see , set out as an Effective Date note under , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Effective Date
section 4 of Pub. L. 92–516section 136 of this titleFor effective date of section, see , set out as a note under .