ADMINISTRATIVE FINALITY

Authors

A. Martin Tollefson, Drake University

Abstract

The purpose of this article is two-fold. In the first place it is intended to set forth certain determining factors (a) as to whether or not administrative decisions are subject to review in cases where their finality is challenged before the courts and (b) if subject to review, to what extent. The second purpose is to call attention to the need for improvement in this country along the lines of executive or administrative justice from the standpoint of better agencies and better- facilities for disposing of litigated questions within the administrative tribunals. It should be said at the outset, however, that the writer has confined his inquiries mainly to the administrative tribunals of the federal government and to the attitude of the federal courts toward their decisions. In considering the problem of judicial review of administrative decisions in the various states it becomes necessary to consider the different state constitutions and statutory provisions as these frequently differ in the various states and the differences have a bearing upon the extent to which the courts will review.

Recommended Citation

A. M. Tollefson, ADMINISTRATIVE FINALITY, 29 Mich. L. Rev. 839 (1931).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol29/iss7/3