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ALR: Wikipedia Topic: Administrative Law Judge

Authority and Review of Federal ALJs Case Law 10 unique sources: Arthrex 2021 •	APJs of Patent and Trademark Commission in an inter partes review: a “hybrid proceeding” challenging the validity of a US Patent with “adjudicatory characteristics similar to court proceedings” o	APJs rejected the patent claim of Arthrex; no review from Director of USPTO; Arthrex appealed to Federal Circuit Court directly •	Are APJs principal officers or inferior officers? If the former, can they be rendered inferior by severing the portion of the Patent Act that restricts removal? o	Lack of review makes their power incompatible with appointment to an inferior office o	The director of USPTO holds ultimate aux for review of final outcome (unlike the statutory delegation) Axon •	Axon held that ALJs of executive agencies cannot hear claims “challenging as unconstitutional the structure or existence” of the agency in question. •	A concurring opinion filed by Justice Clarence Thomas reviews the constitutionality of agency adjudication. Ortiz 2018 •	In agency adjudication of private rights, ALJs are performing a judicial function within the agency.

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