Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Havasupai Tribe v. United States

503 U.S. 959

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1992-03-30
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • party whose only evidence of bad faith is pure speculation not entitled to extra-record discovery
  • epileptic taking anticon-vulsant medicine is not otherwise qualified to drive commercial vehicles even though risk may be small
  • denial of waiver of safety regulation allegedly in contravention of the Rehabilitation Act did not fall within APA’s discretionary exception to judicial review
  • DOT was entitled to rely on blanket prohibition in task force report without individual inquiry into particular driver's circumstances
  • “[i]t is equally clear that the federal government is not obligated to provide particular services or benefits, nor to. undertake any specific fiduciary responsibilities in the absence of a specific provision in a treaty, agreement, executive order, or statute”

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.