| United States. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural laws and legislation - 1998 - 912 pages
...of the Rules of Practice provides: § 1.141 Procedure for hearing. (h) Evidence. (1) In general (iv) Evidence which is immaterial, irrelevant or unduly...which responsible persons are accustomed to rely, shall be excluded insofar as practicable. 57 Agric. Dec. 59 JUDGE PALMER: Well, I'll deny it. I must... | |
| United States. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural laws and legislation - 1994 - 674 pages
...and substantial evidence. The Department's Rules of Practice (provide (7 CFR § 1.141(g)(4)): (iv) Evidence which is immaterial, irrelevant, or unduly...which responsible persons are accustomed to rely, shall be excluded insofar as practicable. Complainant's exhibits are admissible under those standards.... | |
| United States. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural laws and legislation - 1997 - 878 pages
...Practice provides, as follows: § 1.141 Procedure for hearing. (h) Evidence. (1) In general.... (iv) Evidence which is immaterial, irrelevant, or unduly...which responsible persons are accustomed to rely, shall be excluded insofar as practicable. 7C.FR § 1.141(hXl)(iv). Further, courts have consistently... | |
| United States. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural laws and legislation - 1996 - 484 pages
...immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence." Id. On this point, the USDA's implementing regulations state: "Evidence which is immaterial, irrelevant, or unduly...which responsible persons are accustomed to rely, shall be excluded insofar as practicable." 7 CFR § 1.141(g)(iv) (1994). The documentary evidence of... | |
| United States. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural laws and legislation - 1992 - 688 pages
...Formal Adjudicatory Proceedings, 7 CFR § 1.130, et seq. (1991), wherein the specific rule 18 provides: "Evidence which is immaterial, irrelevant, or unduly...which responsible persons are accustomed to rely, shall be excluded insofar as practicable." Even though the Department's Judicial Officer has held 19... | |
| United States. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural laws and legislation - 1994 - 650 pages
...Sorenson v. National Tramp. Safety Bd., 684 F.2d 683, 686 (10th Cir. 1982). An agency must only exclude evidence which is "immaterial, irrelevant, or unduly...which responsible persons are accustomed to rely." 7 CFR § 1.141(g)(iv) (1994); see also Administrative Procedure Act, 5 USC § 556(d); Sorenson, 684... | |
| United States. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural laws and legislation - 1995 - 862 pages
...repetitious evidence. The Rules of Practice of this Department provide (7 CFR § 1 54 Agrie. Dec. 437 (iv) Evidence which is immaterial, irrelevant, or unduly...which responsible persons are accustomed to rely, shall be excluded insofar as practicable. Under the exclusionary rules of the Administrative Procedure... | |
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