How to Use administrative law in a Sentence

administrative law

noun
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  • If Kitzhaber does, an administrative law judge would hear the case.
    — Andrew Selsky, The Seattle Times, 16 Feb. 2018
  • An administrative law judge will rule on the complaint.
    — David J. Neal, ajc, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Some medical boards blame administrative law judges for tying their hands from seeking harsher punishments.
    — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Triangle’s response, which was due Wednesday, marked the next step in a process that could land the nonprofit before an administrative law judge.
    — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • An administrative law judge last week agreed with the groups that state agencies overstepped their legal authority in issuing the emergency rules.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • That was nearly $103 million more than an administrative law judge had recommended.
    — Stephen Koff, cleveland.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • If conciliation fails, the commission has 45 days to decide whether or not to go to hearing before an administrative law judge.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Commissioners are free to accept, reject or alter the recommendation made by the administrative law judges.
    — Rob Nikolewski, Ramona Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2017
  • This case purports to be about the FDA and administrative law.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
  • That means an administrative law judge will hear the case.
    — Chicago Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The agency has about 50 full time administrative law judges and 17 part-time judges.
    — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The deal is pending approval by an administrative law judge as well as the CPUC.
    — Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 16 July 2021
  • Then the tribes will have 30 days to appeal that request to an administrative law judge.
    — Ryan Faircloth, Twin Cities, 30 Oct. 2019
  • There was still a slim chance that Sinclair could save the merger because the FCC referred the deal to an administrative law judge.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2018
  • One of the commission’s administrative law judges will be assigned to the case.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • An administrative law judge will hold an August hearing about the FTC’s lawsuit to block the deal.
    — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
  • To attack the backlog, the agency has hired 22 new administrative law judges and 20 support staff in recent months, with more on the way.
    — Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021
  • In the case of an appeal, the case would be scheduled for a contested case hearing in front of an administrative law judge.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The appeals, which will be heard by an administrative law judge, likely will take a year or more, Scherling said.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 25 June 2019
  • The case will be heard by one of the FTC's three administrative law judges, who are appointed by the five-member commission.
    — Jody Godoy and Ahmed Aboulenein, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The briefs from the parties revolve around rather dry matters of administrative law.
    — The Economist, 9 Nov. 2019
  • The case will now go to trial before an administrative law judge.
    — Chase Difeliciantonio, SFChronicle.com, 2 Dec. 2020
  • However, cases rarely make it to the board, the last resort when an appeal to an administrative law judge fails.
    — Lisa Rein, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2022
  • The joint proposal was filed with the administrative law judge in the case on Thursday afternoon.
    — Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 July 2021
  • The complaint will now move to a hearing before an administrative law judge, who will determine if Google broke the law.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2020
  • An administrative law judge wrote that a woman had brought in the stray animal for treatment of a leg injury.
    — Mike Baker, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Prestige failed to show for a hearing the day before the crash, and an administrative law judge issued a $2,000 penalty, which has not been paid, according to the NTSB.
    — Mary Esch, Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
  • If the two sides can’t reach a settlement, the case will go on to the Workers’ Compensation Board where an administrative law judge will rule on the appeal.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2021
  • One of these patents was dropped from the case before trial, and an administrative law judge ruled in favor of iRobot on two patents and against the company on two others.
    — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In essence, administrative law provides a way to mitigate against the harms that could arise from legislative paralysis.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024

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