Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation

Holding the district court did not abuse its discretion in declining to admit affidavits in support of standing when filed after summary judgment briefing and hearing were complete

Mathews v. Eldridge

Holding that a procedure based on written submissions was adequate because it included safeguards against mistake including that the agency informed the recipient of its tentative assessment and the evidence supporting it and an opportunity was then afforded the recipient to submit additional evidence "enabling him to challenge directly the accuracy of information in his file as well as the correctness of the agency's tentative conclusions"

Rizzo v. Goode

Holding that plaintiffs lacked standing to obtain injunctive relief against senior police officials to impose tighter police discipline to prevent harm to civilians

Board of Regents v. Roth

Holding that where a public employee's appointment terminated on a particular date and there was no provision for renewal after that date, the employee "did not have a property interest sufficient to require . . . a hearing when [the officials] declined to renew his contract of employment."

United States v. Salerno

Holding that "extensive safeguards" are necessary "to repel a facial challenge"

Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

Holding that agency can be compelled to act if time period is specified by law

Castle Rock v. Gonzales

Holding that a benefit is not a protected interest if government officials have discretion to grant or deny it

Lane v. Pena

Holding that any waiver of "sovereign immunity must be unequivocally expressed in statutory text" and "will be strictly construed, in terms of its scope, in favor of the sovereign"

Califano v. Sanders

Holding that "the APA is not to be interpreted as an implied grant of subject-matter jurisdiction to review agency actions"

Heckler v. Chaney

Holding that a statute did not provide meaningful standards because it did not "speak to the criteria which shall be used by the agency for investigating possible violations of the [statute]"

Section 706 - Scope of review

Granting courts jurisdiction to "compel agency action unlawfully held or unreasonably delayed"

Section 794 - Nondiscrimination under Federal grants and programs

Adopting ADA standards for Rehabilitation Act claims

Section 1651 - Writs

Granting us the power to "issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of [our] . . . jurisdiction[] and agreeable to the usages and principles of law"

Section 701 - Application; definitions

Adopting the definition given in Section 551

Section 551 - Definitions

Adopting the definition set out in the APA

Section 511 - Decisions of the Secretary; finality

Providing that decisions related to the provision of a veteran's benefits "may not be reviewed by any court, whether by an action in the nature of mandamus or otherwise."

Section 7252 - Jurisdiction; finality of decisions

Granting the Veterans Court "power to affirm, modify, or reverse a decision of the Board or to remand the matter, as appropriate"

Section 5103A - Duty to assist claimants

Directing the VA to provide a veteran with a "medical examination" or "opinion" "when such an examination or opinion is necessary to make a decision on the [veteran's disability] claim"

Section 502 - Judicial review of rules and regulations

Providing judicial review of VA's action under 5 U.S.C. §§ 552 or 553

Section 7251 - Status

Creating the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Section 3.103 - Procedural due process and other rights

Providing that the VA has the "obligation" to "assist a claimant in developing the facts pertinent to the claim and to render a decision which grants every benefit that can be supported in law while protecting the interests of the Government"

Section 3.159 - Department of Veterans Affairs assistance in developing claims

Implementing § 5103A

Section 3.304 - Direct service connection; wartime and peacetime

Requiring a diagnosis of PTSD to establish service connection

Section 20.101 - Rule 101. Composition of the Board; titles

Describing medical determinations as "determinations of the need for and appropriateness of specific types of medical care and treatment for an individual"

Section 20.201 - Rule 201. What constitutes an appeal

Section 3.100 - Delegations of authority

Section 20.1304 - Rule 1304. Request for a change in representation

Providing for change in representation, request for a personal hearing, or submission of additional evidence prior to appellate decision

Section 17.36 - Enrollment-provision of hospital and outpatient care to veterans

Section 20.711 - Rule 711. Hearings in simultaneously contested claims