Notable Internet Resources
Administrative Decisions: Defining Regulations
As case law can delineate a statute so too administrative decisions further define a regulation. These decisions exist at both a federal and state level.
One such area is labor law, specifically state administrative labor decisions (N.B. workers’compensation board cases are different and separate decisions). Lexis-Nexis carries the decisions for the following states: California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, Washington, and West Virginia. Westlaw carries the decisions for California, Massachusetts, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington, and West Virginia. The following states are available for free on the Internet (states in BOLD are neither on Westlaw nor Lexis-Nexis):
- Alaska . http://labor.state.ak.us/laborr/dosearch.htm 1991 to present.
- California Public Employment Relations Board at http://www.perb.ca.gov/decisionbank 1976 to present.
- Connecticut . http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/csblr/default.htm 1980 to present.
- Florida . http://www.doah.state.fl.us/internet/ 1975 to present.
- Idaho . http://www.iic.idaho.gov/legal/decisions/dec_main.htm 2002 to present.
- Illinois . http://www2.state.il.us/ilrb/subsections/decision/index.asp from 2000 to present.
- Maine . http://janus.state.me.us/mlrb/mlrb.htm from 1977 to present.
- Massachusetts . http://www.mass.gov/lrc/decisions_toc.htm. (no dates).
- Michigan . http://www.michigan.gov/cis/0,1607,7-154-10555_20594---,00.html from 2001 to present.
- Missouri . http://www.dolir.missouri.gov/lirc/decisions.htm. (1996 to present).
- Montana . http://dli.mt.gov/hearings/decdir.asp. (2001 to present).
- Ohio . http://www.bsh.jfs.ohio.gov/ (1998 to present, but still a work in progress); also http://www.serb.state.oh.us/opinions.html from 1999 to present.
- Rhode Island . http://www.dlt.state.ri.us/webdev/lrb/StateULPs.htm. 2000 to present.
- Utah . http://laborcommission.utah.gov/adjud/adjud.htm. 2005 to present.
- Vermont . http://www.state.vt.us/vlrb/NCumSubIndexA.htm. 1977 to present.
- Virginia . http://www.edr.state.va.us/rulings.htm.
- Washington . http://www.biia.wa.gov/SignificantDecisions/Search-Page.htm (significant cases only); also http://www.perc.wa.gov/decision/default.htm;
- West Virginia . http://www.state.wv.us/admin/grievanc/Database/Dbase_search.htm. 1994 to present)
- Wisconsin . http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/lirc/.
Compiled and edited by Martin Hollick,
Reference Librarian, Langdell Reference
mhollick@law.harvard.edu
June 18, 2007
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