Civil procedure

Explains the requirements for intervention as of right.

To obtain a writ of mandamus, petitioner must show some special risk of irreparable harm and clear entitlement to the relief requested.

The district court must enforce an administrative agency subpoena if it is issued according to statutory procedures, for a purpose authorized by Congress, and the information sought is relevant to that purpose and adequately described. The role of a court in a subpoena enforcement proceeding is…

A dismissal of a hearing request on res judicata grounds, where the current claim has the same factual basis as the earlier decision, is not reviewable. A purely discretionary hearing held for purposes of receiving allegedly new and material evidence is not a hearing within the meaning of 42…

Own motion reopening by Appeals Council limited to 60 days; reopening after 60 days allowed only on the motion of claimants. Court gives considerable deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations,and construe the provisions of the relevant regulations and statutes to have…

"It would be an unwarranted judicial intrusion into this pervasively regulated area for federal courts to issue injunctions imposing deadlines with respect to future disability claims." Suit for injunction requiring Social Security Administration to adjudicate claims for disability…

Generally, a remand order is an interlocutory order that does not divest a court of jurisdiction over a case. Absent a clear statement to the contrary, legislation should not ordinarily be interpreted to oust a federal court's equitable power, or its jurisdiction over a pending case. Social…