28 U.S.C. § 510

Delegation of authority

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The Attorney General may from time to time make such provisions as he considers appropriate authorizing the performance by any other officer, employee, or agency of the Department of Justice of any function of the Attorney General.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 153 cases (18 in the last 5 years), 1970–2026 · leading case: In re Grand Jury Investigation, 315 F. Supp. 3d 602 (D.C. Cir. 2018).
In re Grand Jury Investigation, 315 F. Supp. 3d 602 (D.C. Cir. 2018). · cites it 9× “28 U.S.C. § 510 Allows the Attorney General to Delegate to the DAG Authority to Appoint the Special Counsel.”
United States v. Sells Eng'g, Inc., 463 U.S. 418 (1983). · cites it 4× “28 U. S. C. §§ 510 , 515-517. It thus is not surprising to find that the Court's opinion recognizes that "attorneys for the Civil Division of the Justice Department are within the class of `attorneys for the government' to whom (A)(i) allows disclosure without a court order,"…”
Garrett Kajmowicz v. Matthew Whitaker, 42 F.4th 138 (3rd Cir. 2022). · cites it 9× “As a result, we do not decide whether authority made delegable under a general delegation statute, such as 28 U.S.C. § 510 (permitting the Attorney General to subdelegate any of the office’s functions), would constitute a statutory function or duty under 5 U.”
United States v. Libby, 498 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2007). · cites it 6× “Under 28 U.S.C. § 510 , the Attorney General is empowered to “au-thoriz[e] the performance by any other officer, employee, or agency of the Department of Justice of any function of the Attorney General.”
United States v. Daniel Touby, United States of Am. v. Lyrissa Touby, 909 F.2d 759 (3rd Cir. 1990). · cites it 6× “” 28 U.S.C. § 510 (1982). The second, part of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, Pub.”
In Re Application of the President's Comm'n on Organized Crime. Subpoena of Lorenzo Scaduto, 763 F.2d 1191 (11th Cir. 1985). · cites it 4× “It argues that this general language permits the Attorney General to make whatever delegation he deems appropriate, under the broad power conferred on him by 28 U.S.C.A. § 510 (delegation of authority).”
Guedes v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 920 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2019). “And with that act of ratification and the concession, Codrea's likelihood of success on the merits of his challenge to the rule based on Acting Attorney General Whitaker's role in its promulgation reduces to zero.”
United States v. Libby, 429 F. Supp. 2d 27 (D.D.C. 2006). · cites it 5× “” 28 U.S.C. § 510 . The Attorney General may also specially appoint an officer of the Department of Justice to “conduct any kind of legal proceeding, civil or criminal, including grand jury proceedings and proceedings before committing magistrate judges, which United States…”
Kleindienst v. Mandel, 408 U.S. 753 (1972). · cites it 2× “The Immigration and Naturalization Service, however, acting on behalf of the Attorney General, see 28 U. S. C. § 510 , in a letter dated February 13, 1970, to New York counsel stated that it had determined that Mandel's 1968 activities while in the United States "went far beyond…”
United States v. Giordano, 416 U.S. 505 (1974). · cites it 2× “§ 509 , [5] deriving from the Reorganization Acts of 1949 and 1950, vests all functions of the Department of Justice, with some exceptions, in the Attorney General, and that Congress characteristically assigns newly created duties to the Attorney General rather than to the…”
In Re United States of Am., 10 F.3d 931 (2d Cir. 1993). · cites it 4× “at 1826 (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 510 ). Just as Title III empowers “a judge of competent jurisdiction” to review applications, 18 U.”
United States v. Robert L. Lippner, Jr. & James Buddy Williams, 676 F.2d 456 (11th Cir. 1982). · cites it 2× “See 28 U.S.C. § 510 . 9 Consequently, we reject appellants’ argument that the indictment in this case was improper.”
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