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Administrative Law.
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C. Methods of Relief or Review
Introduction.
A person may have a choice of remedies or methods for obtaining judicial review of, and relief from, an administrative action. It is important that care be exercised in selecting the remedy or method, for convenience and speed in obtaining, and the scope of, review and relief may vary according to the remedy or method employed. Methods of obtaining judicial review of, and relief from, an administrative action are classified as direct or indirect (collateral) ans statutory or nonstatutory (2 Am Jur 2d Administrative Law § 706.)
The "nonstatutory" (a term which may overlap and be overlapped by the term "statutory") methods include the following: (1) proceedings for extraordinary remedies such as certiorari, mandamus, and prohibition, (2) suits for equitable relief, (3) actions at law, (4) suits for declatory judgements, and (5) collateral attack against the administrative action when it is sought to be enforced in court. (2 Am Jur Administrative Law § 707.)
The "statutory" methods of judicial review of, or relief from, an administrative action consist of the following: (1) methods that (in the broadest sense of the term "statutory") are governed by statutes not specifically providing for review of, or relief from, the administrative action, (2) methods that obtain under statutes restricting the judicial enforcement of an administrative decision, , to the end that the decision may be judicially reviewed, and (3) methods that exist under statutes providing for direct review of administrative actions. (2 Am Jur Administrative Law § 710.)
1. Appeal, Certiorari, or Statutory Direct Review Proceeding
a. Procedure To Obtain and Present Questions for Review
Governing Principles
Some statutes permit proceedings for review of administrative actions to be instituted as ordinary civil actions; others require that a notice or statement of appeal or petition for review be filed and served. The form and content of the notice or the petition is often prescribed by statute. Generally, time requirements for instituting the proceeding must be complied with, or the proceeding will be dismissed; there are, however, exceptions, and the running of the time may be suspended. (2 Am Jur 2d Adiministrative Law §§ 717-719.)
Where a staute specifically prescribes the form and content of a petition for review of an administrative action, the statute must be complied with, or the petition is fatally defective. The petitioner must do more than merely suggest the claim; petitioner must specifically allege facts showing how the adiministrative agency's decision is unreasonable, arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise disreguarded, held insufficient, or construed against the petitioner, an allegation in the general language of a statute is sufficient to bring the pleading within the jurisdiction of the court. (2 Am Jur Administrative Law § 744.)
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