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Agency Reliance on Secret Rules Violates Due Process

Numero d'incarto ATAS/1002/2007
Autorità giudiziaria
Giurisdizione Svizzera · Canton Ginevra (CH-GE)
Data della decisione
Esito del giudizio Accolto (Allowed)
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Sintesi Legislator

Generato dall'IA

The petitioner, challenging the denial of certain benefits, alleged that the agency's decision was arbitrary and capricious because it relied on internal policy guidance not available to the public, constituting a secret rule, and failed to provide a reasoned explanation for its departure from precedent. The court held that the agency's reliance on internal, non-published directives that interpret regulations and affect substantive rights violates due process and the Administrative Procedure Act's public notice requirements, as it prevents meaningful judicial review of the decision-making process, thus requiring the agency to articulate a sound and fair basis for its determination, which was absent here.

Regesto Legislator

Generato dall'IA

Art. 66 al. 1 LTF; Agency Reliance on Secret Rules Violates Due Process: The court held that the agency's reliance on internal, non-published directives that interpret regulations and affect substantive rights violates due process and the Administrative Procedure Act's public notice requirements, as it prevents meaningful judicial review of the decision-making process, thus requiring the agency to articulate a sound and fair basis for its determination, which was absent here.

Parole chiave

Generato dall'IA
violazione dei diritti procedurali regolamento interno accertamento giudiziale di diritti direttiva interna violazione del segreto d'ufficio impugnazione di decisioni amministrative

Disposizioni normative citate

Generato dall'IA
Art. 66 al. 1 LTF
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Questioni giuridiche chiave estratte da Legislator

Generato dall'IA
Art. 66 al. 1 LTF

Cited in the dispositive to order the appellant to pay the costs of the proceedings.

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