What is the burden of proof for challenging an arbitrary and capricious agency decision?
In most arbitrary-and-capricious challenges under the federal APA, the party attacking the agency action bears the burden of showing the decision lacked a rational basis in the administrative record. Courts generally defer to agency expertise but will set aside actions that ignore important evidence, rely on impermissible factors, or offer an unexplained departure from prior […]
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