Arbitrary and Capricious

3,777 Florida cases classified under this topic · sorted by citation count

• United States v. Wastecontrol of Fla., Inc.
  730 F. Supp. 401· M.D. Fla.· 1989-07-05 ·cited 1×
  The court held that CERCLA § 113(j) applies retroactively to pending cases and limits judicial review of EPA response actions to the administrative record, requiring an arbitrary and capricious standard.
• Barnett Bank of S. Fla., N.A. v. Clarke
  712 F. Supp. 1549· S.D. Fla.· 1989-04-05 ·cited 1×
  The court held that the Comptroller's interpretation of the McFadden Act, defining 'state bank' by function rather than state label, is a reasonable exercise of authority consistent with the doctrine of competitive equality.
• Treister v. City OF Miami
  537 So. 2d 1140· Fla. 3d DCA· 1989-02-14 ·cited 1×
  The court denied certiorari review of a zoning denial, finding the merits fairly debatable based on surrounding area evidence, adverse staff recommendations, potential land use plan violations, and the applicant's failure to demonstrate economic hardship.
• Mount Sinai Med. Ctr. of Greater Miami, Inc. v. City of Miami Beach
  706 F. Supp. 1525· S.D. Fla.· 1989-01-30 ·cited 1×
  The court held that the plaintiff demonstrated a substantial likelihood of prevailing on its due process claim and equitable estoppel claim, justifying a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the zoning ordinance as interpreted.
• De Cuellar v. Baker
  686 F. Supp. 890· S.D. Fla.· 1988-03-14 ·cited 1×
  The court held that the plaintiff was legally entitled to a distributive share of the trust fund under the general license provision of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. § 515.524.
• Islamorada Charter Boat Ass'n v. Verity
  676 F. Supp. 244· S.D. Fla.· 1988-01-08 ·cited 1×
  The court denied the application for a preliminary injunction, finding that the plaintiffs failed to establish entitlement to such relief.
• Wiley v. Bowen
  824 F.2d 1120· D.C. Cir.· 1987-07-24 ·cited 1×
  The court held that the 1983 amendment to the Social Security Act was not an unconstitutional ex post facto law, but reversed the district court's upholding of the Secretary's regulation and remanded for further proceedings.
• Pierre v. Rivkind
  643 F. Supp. 669· S.D. Fla.· 1986-03-21 ·cited 1×
  The court held that the denial of the petitioner's asylum claim was not supported by substantial evidence and that the BHRHA letter should be stricken from the record.
• Doctors Gen. Hosp., Inc. v. Heckler
  613 F. Supp. 1036· S.D. Fla.· 1985-07-18 ·cited 1×
  The court held that the Provider Reimbursement Review Board (PRRB) has jurisdiction to review a hospital's base year cost determination under the Prospective Payment System (PPS) even without a Notice of Program Reimbursement (NPR), and that the case should be remanded for such r
• Beardmore v. Dep't OF Agric.
  761 F.2d 677· Fed. Cir.· 1985-05-10 ·cited 1×
  The court held that the agency's exclusion of Watsonville from the San Jose commuting area was arbitrary and capricious, rendering the employee's reassignment invalid.
• Organized Fishermen of Florida v. Watt
  590 F. Supp. 805· S.D. Fla.· 1984-07-06 ·cited 1×
  The court held that the challenged regulations were a proper exercise of the Secretary's authority and not arbitrary or capricious, and that plaintiffs were not third-party beneficiaries of an agreement between the state and federal government.
• United States v. Fernandez-Pertierra
  523 F. Supp. 1135· S.D. Fla.· 1981-09-30 ·cited 1×
  The court held that the regulation 31 C.F.R. § 515.415 is constitutional on its face and as applied, and the indictment correctly charges an offense under the Trading With the Enemy Act.
• Fla. Bd. of Bus. Reg. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.
  497 F. Supp. 599· M.D. Fla.· 1980-09-30 ·cited 1×
  The court held that it had jurisdiction to review the NLRB's assertion of jurisdiction over the jai alai industry and that the NLRB's action was not arbitrary, capricious, or a violation of the Tenth Amendment.
• Beauchamp v. Dade Cnty.
  42 Fla. Supp. 189· Dade Cty. Cir. Ct.· 1975-07-24 ·cited 1×
  Beauchamp challenges a Dade County zoning ordinance that rolled back his Key Biscayne property from 50 to 23 units per acre with a four-story height limit. The court grants the writ of certiorari, finding the rollback arbitrary and discriminatory as applied to his property, and o
• Russo v. Sec'y, U.S. Dep't of Commerce
  11th Cir.· 2026-09-03
  Council members who exercise significant authority through veto powers over secretarial actions are officers subject to the Appointments Clause and must be appointed by the President, a court of law, or a department head and be removable at will. However, because the Council's ve
• Middlecap Assocs., LLC v. THE Town OF Middletown
  Del. Super. Ct.· 2026-01-30
  Middlecap Associates appealed the Town of Middletown's second denial of a conditional use permit for a garden apartment complex. The Delaware Superior Court affirmed the denial, holding that certiorari review of quasi-judicial conditional use permit decisions by a town council is
• Finney v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.
  11th Cir.· 2026-01-26
  The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment, holding that the insurance company's denial of accidental death benefits was not arbitrary or capricious because the insured's pre-existing physical illness contributed to her death, triggering a policy
• Fla. Agency for Health Care Admin. v. Adm'r for the Ctrs. for Medicare & Medicaid Servs.
  11th Cir.· 2025-12-05
  The Eleventh Circuit held that the CMS Bulletin was a final agency action subject to judicial review, but that Florida was unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge, thus affirming the denial of a preliminary injunction.
• Perez v. Mordant
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-12-03
  The court held that the petitioner's detention violated the Fifth Amendment's due process clause and the Administrative Procedure Act, and that the Suspension Clause preserved jurisdiction for the habeas corpus petition.
• Miller v. Am. United Life Ins. Co.
  388 F. Supp. 2d 1342· M.D. Fla.· 2025-11-24
  The court granted the plaintiff's request for limited discovery to support her claim that the denial of benefits was arbitrary and capricious or tainted by self-interest.
• Cheriese Johnson v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co.
  11th Cir.· 2025-11-21
  The court held that an insurance company's interpretation of a preexisting condition clause, which denied benefits for a disability based on treatment for symptoms not inconsistent with the condition (but not the condition itself), was unreasonable and arbitrary.
• Cmty. Redev. Agency of the City of W. Palm Beach v. Vita Lounge, LLC
  Fla. 4th DCA· 2025-11-12
  No binding contract existed between the parties because the RFP explicitly stated that the CRA and proposer would be contractually bound only upon execution of a written contract, which was never executed. Additionally, even if a contract had existed, the indemnification clause d
• Bldg. Resilient Infrastructure & Developing Greater Equity, Inc. v. Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau & Russell Vought
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-11-03
  The court denied the motion for a preliminary injunction because the plaintiff failed to establish a substantial likelihood of success on the merits and irreparable injury.
• Royal Potcake Rescue & Potcake Rescue, LLC v. Ctrs. for Disease Control & Prevention
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-09-30
  Two dog rescue organizations challenged a 2024 CDC regulation requiring dogs imported into the United States to be at least six months old, arguing the age restriction exceeded the agency's authority and was arbitrary and capricious, particularly as applied to rabies-free Caribbe
• Dellapa v. Major League Baseball Players Benefit Plan
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-09-30
  The court held that the Plan's denial of surviving spouse benefits was reasonable and not discriminatory under ERISA, as the plaintiff did not meet the plan's explicit definition of a 'Qualified Spouse'.
• Tapia v. Ur Mendoza Jaddou
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-09-30
  The court held that USCIS's denial of the plaintiff's immigrant visa petition was not arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law, as USCIS provided a satisfactory explanation for its decision based on the plaintiff's failure to meet the required criteria.
• Sualeh Ashraf v. United States Drug Enforcement Administration
  11th Cir.· 2025-09-03
  The Eleventh Circuit held that the DEA did not violate Dr. Ashraf's procedural due process rights and that the Ruan decision's mens rea standard does not apply to this regulatory license revocation proceeding.
• Echeverri Mancilla v. Brennan Seng
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-08-24
  The court held that the Immigration and Nationality Act bars judicial review of discretionary decisions regarding National Interest Waivers, and the plaintiff's claim of procedural error was a substantive challenge to the agency's reasoning.
• Figueroa v. Dep't of Health & Human Servs.
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-08-13
  The court affirmed the Secretary's decision, finding that the Inspector General acted within statutory authority and discretion in setting the exclusion date.
• Martinez-Lara v. U.S. Attorney General
  11th Cir.· 2025-08-06
  The court held that the Board of Immigration Appeals' application of the 'exceptional and extremely unusual hardship' standard is reviewed under the deferential substantial-evidence standard, and there is no basis to reject the Board's determination.
• Am. Sec. Ass'n v. U.S. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n
  11th Cir.· 2025-07-25
  The court held that the SEC's 2023 Funding Order was arbitrary and capricious because it failed to adequately justify allowing self-regulatory organizations to pass all Consolidated Audit Trail costs to broker-dealers, contradicting prior mandates for shared costs.
• Sunshine State Reg'l Ctr., Inc. v. Dir., US Citizenship & Immigr. Servs.
  11th Cir.· 2025-07-10
  Sunshine State Regional Center challenged the Department of Homeland Security's requirement that it pay an annual integrity fund fee under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, arguing that the fee applied only to regional centers designated after the Act's enactment, not pr
• Mactown Inc. v. Acting Sec'y of the U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs.
  S.D. Fla.· 2025-06-30
  The court held that the HRSA's repayment demand is not committed to agency discretion and is subject to judicial review under the APA, and that the plaintiff has stated plausible claims for relief.
• Ajugwe v. Noem
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-05-12
  The court held that the termination of the plaintiff's SEVIS status was likely arbitrary and capricious, violating the APA and Due Process Clause, and granted a preliminary injunction.
• Hutchinson v. State of Fla. & Jeffrey G. Hutchinson v. Sec'y
  Fla.· 2025-04-25
  Jeffrey Hutchinson, convicted of murdering three children in 1998 and sentenced to death, filed his fourth successive postconviction motion after the Governor signed a death warrant. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's denial of all claims and denied his reques
• Ajugwe v. Noem
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-04-18
  The court granted the plaintiff's emergency motion for a temporary restraining order, finding he was likely to succeed on the merits of his claims that his SEVIS record was unlawfully terminated.
• Hans-Atchison v. Highmark Inc.
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-04-03
  The court held that limited discovery is permissible in an ERISA benefits denial case to ascertain the completeness of the administrative record and the basis for the administrator's decisions, but supplementation of the record with post-decision documents is denied.
• Pankey v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-03-28
  The court held that the defendant's interpretation of the plan, allowing termination of benefits for insufficient proof of disability, was reasonable and entitled to deference, thus not arbitrary or capricious.
• Hospice v. Agency for Health Care Admin.
  Fla. 1st DCA· 2025-03-19
  The Agency for Health Care Administration properly approved VITAS's certificate of need application under the special circumstances standard, interpreting "not being served" to mean that existing providers fail to serve all subsets of terminally ill populations or geographic area
• Worldwide Aircraft Servs. Inc. v. Sec'y of the United States Dep't of Health & Human Servs.
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-02-04
  The court held that the No Surprises Act does not permit Certified IDR Entities (CIDREs) to issue payment determinations in disputes involving non-covered services, and the plaintiff failed to state a claim under the Administrative Procedure Act.
• Aquino-Martinez v. Dir., Neb. Serv. Ctr., U.S. Citizenship & Immigr. Servs.
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-01-23
  The Court held that the agency's denial of the U-visa petition was arbitrary and capricious because it failed to reasonably explain why robbery was not substantially similar to felonious assault, a qualifying crime for U-visa status.
• Thompson v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec.
  M.D. Fla.· 2024-12-30
  The court held that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of her Administrative Procedure Act claim, thus denying her motion for a preliminary injunction.
• Onyenanu v. Garland
  M.D. Fla.· 2024-12-11
  The court held that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction to review the denial of a National Interest Waiver (NIW) because such decisions are committed to the discretion of the Attorney General and are barred from judicial review by statute.
• Maycock v. Mayorkas
  M.D. Fla.· 2024-11-25
  The district court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to review the denial of an adjustment of status application under INA § 245(a) due to the jurisdictional bar in INA § 1252(a)(2)(B).
• Sarmiento v. United States Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev.
  M.D. Fla.· 2024-11-15
  The court granted the motion to dismiss, finding the plaintiff lacked standing, the court lacked jurisdiction over several claims, and the plaintiff failed to state a claim for unjust enrichment.
• Acevedo Tovar v. Mayorkas
  S.D. Fla.· 2024-11-15
  The court held that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to review the plaintiff's claims because the case was moot and the relevant statute barred judicial review of the agency's decision.
• Eggleston v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am.
  S.D. Fla.· 2024-10-21
  The court held that the insurer's denial of long-term disability benefits was not arbitrary and capricious, as the administrative record contained reasonable grounds to support the decision.
• Landa v. Aon Corp. Excess Benefit Plan
  S.D. Fla.· 2024-09-30
  The court held that the Administrative Committee's denial of Plaintiff's excess benefit plan benefits was not arbitrary and capricious, as there was a reasonable basis in the administrative record to support the finding that Plaintiff violated the plan's forfeiture provisions.
• Molla v. Gerdau Ameristeel
  M.D. Fla.· 2024-09-20
  The court held that a breach of fiduciary duty claim under ERISA is not automatically a benefits claim for all purposes, and discovery is not limited to the administrative record when the arbitrary and capricious standard does not apply.
• Marques Machado v. Mayorkas
  M.D. Fla.· 2024-09-13
  The court granted in part Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order, finding they established a substantial likelihood of success on their APA claim and demonstrated irreparable harm, a favorable balance of harms, and that the order would not disserve the public intere