Darby v. Cisneros

Darby v. Cisneros
Argued March 22, 1993
Decided June 21, 1993
Full case nameR. Gordon Darby, et al. v. Henry Gabriel Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al.
Citations509 U.S. 137 (more)
113 S. Ct. 2539; 125 L. Ed. 2d 113
Case history
PriorCertiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Holding
Federal courts cannot require exhaustion of administrative remedies unless mandated by statute or agency rules.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
Byron White · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinion
MajorityBlackmun, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 701706

Darby v. Cisneros, 509 U.S. 137 (1993), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that federal courts cannot require that a plaintiff exhaust his administrative remedies before seeking judicial review when exhaustion of remedies is not required by either administrative rules or statute.