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[CITE: 5USC702]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                       CHAPTER 7--JUDICIAL REVIEW
 
Sec. 702. Right of review

    A person suffering legal wrong because of agency action, or 
adversely affected or aggrieved by agency action within the meaning of a 
relevant statute, is entitled to judicial review thereof. An action in a 
court of the United States seeking relief other than money damages and 
stating a claim that an agency or an officer or employee thereof acted 
or failed to act in an official capacity or under color of legal 
authority shall not be dismissed nor relief therein be denied on the 
ground that it is against the United States or that the United States is 
an indispensable party. The United States may be named as a defendant in 
any such action, and a judgment or decree may be entered against the 
United States: Provided, That any mandatory or injunctive decree shall 
specify the Federal officer or officers (by name or by title), and their 
successors in office, personally responsible for compliance. Nothing 
herein (1) affects other limitations on judicial review or the power or 
duty of the court to dismiss any action or deny relief on any other 
appropriate legal or equitable ground; or (2) confers authority to grant 
relief if any other statute that grants consent to suit expressly or 
impliedly forbids the relief which is sought.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 392; Pub. L. 94-574, Sec. 1, 
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2721.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 1009(a).             June 11, 1946, ch.
                                                    324, Sec.  10(a), 60
                                                    Stat. 243.
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    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1976--Pub. L. 94-574 removed the defense of sovereign immunity as a 
bar to judicial review of Federal administrative action otherwise 
subject to judicial review.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 2 sections 501, 502; title 7 
section 2143; title 16 section 839f; title 18 sections 843, 3625; title 
19 section 1677c; title 21 section 1906; title 25 section 954; title 28 
section 2631; title 41 section 422; title 42 section 5405; title 43 
section 1337; title 50 App. sections 16, 2412.
