Which administrative agencies are bound by a final judgment that cancels a disposition, and how far does that binding effect reach?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
We read the certified copy of the judgment to see whether it is final and which disposition it cancelled, then the papers naming the agency that was a party and any records showing another agency acting in the same case.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the provision's scope at face value: a final judgment cancelling a disposition or the like binds, in that case, the administrative agency that was a party and the other related administrative agencies, so the cancellation settles the matter between the court and those agencies.
Another reading stresses the limits the words carry: the binding effect runs only 'in that case' and only over agencies the provision identifies as the party agency or a related agency, and the provision does not say how a non-party agency is shown to be related or what duty one owes.
Your judgment
On the papers in this file, what shows that an agency which was not named as a party is nonetheless a related administrative agency of this case?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to define or narrow which agencies count as related, or if a court decision explains what a related administrative agency must do after the judgment becomes final.