Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice

from March 16, 1934
Last Document: May 29, 2024



Cantidad de documentos en esta fuente: 1389

October 18, 1977

  • Members of Congress Holding Reserve Commissions, 101877 DOJ, 77-59

  • May 11, 1961

  • Authority of the President to Reassign the Chairmanship of the Federal Power Commission, 051161 DOJ, 61-5

  • December 11, 1980

  • Adjusting the Census for Recent Immigrants The Chiles Amendment, 121180 DOJ, 80-107

  • March 17, 1980

  • Application of 18 U.S.C. §§203 and 205 to Federal Employees Detailed to State and Local Governments, 031780 DOJ, 80-58

  • July 01, 1964

  • Use of Marshals, Troops, and Other Federal Personnel for Law Enforcement in Mississippi, 070164 DOJ, 64-1

  • April 20, 1979

  • Coastal Zone Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1456(c)(1))— Outer Continental Shelf Lands—Applicability of Section 307(c)(1) to Department of the Interior Preleasing Activities Directly Affecting the Coastal Zone—Repeals by Implication, 042079 DOJ, 79-28

  • June 19, 2008

  • Assertion of Executive Privilege Over Communications Regarding EPA's Ozone Air Quality Standards and California's Greenhouse Gas Waiver Request, 061908 DOJ, 08-1

  • February 10, 1994

  • Denial of Public Access to Trial Exhibits in Child Pornography Prosecutions, 021094 DOJ, 94-2

  • October 08, 1996

  • Department of Justice Participation on the Internal Revenue Service Undercover Review Committee, 100896 DOJ, 96-39

  • July 30, 1999

  • Inapplicability of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act's Reporting Requirements When PAS Officers Serve Under Statutory Holdover Provisions, 073099 DOJ, 99-15

  • April 25, 1997

  • Immunity of Smithsonian Institution from State Insurance Laws, 042597 DOJ, 97-12

  • February 29, 2008

  • Office of Government Ethics Jurisdiction Over the Smithsonian Institution, 022908 DOJ, 08-7

  • February 25, 2011

  • Reimbursement or Payment Obligation of The Federal Government Under Section 313(C)(2)(B) of The Clean Water Act, 022511 DOJ, 11-1

  • August 22, 2006

  • Application of the Government Corporation Control Act and the Miscellaneous Receipts Act to the Canadian Softwood Lumber Settlement Agreement, 082206 DOJ, 06-7

  • January 15, 1987

  • Release of Information Collected Under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, 011587 DOJ, 87-2

  • November 16, 2012

  • Whether The United States Department of Labor Has The Authority To Control The Disclosure of Federal Employee Compensation Act Records Held By The United States Postal Service, 111612 DOJ, 12-10

  • October 10, 1989

  • Use of Navy Drug-Detecting Dogs by Civilian Postal Inspectors, 101089 DOJ, 89-40

  • August 21, 2009

  • Permissibility of Small Business Administration Regulations Implementing The Historically Underutilized Business Zone, 8(A) Business Development, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern Programs, 082109 DOJ, 09-11

  • December 06, 1993

  • Constitutionality of Vesting Magistrate Judges With Jurisdiction Over Asset Forfeiture Cases, 120693 DOJ, 93-18

  • January 19, 2020

  • House Committees' Authority to Investigate for Impeachment, 011920 DOJ, 20-3

  • September 08, 1978

  • Government Officers and Employees—Department of Justice (5 U.S.C. § 3372), 090878 DOJ, 78-51

  • April 25, 1980

  • Applicability of the Antideficiency Act Upon a Lapse in an Agency's Appropriation, 042580 DOJ, 80-6

  • August 05, 1974

  • Presidential or Legislative Pardon of President, 080574 DOJ, 74-1

  • August 31, 1978

  • General Accounting Office—Authority to Obtain Information in Possession of Executive Branch—Constitutional Law— President — Confidential Communications — Appointments, 083178 DOJ, 78-96

  • February 27, 1969

  • Constitutionality of “No Appropriation” Clause in the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, 022769 DOJ, 69-1

  • March 29, 1990

  • Authority to Use Funds from Fiscal Year 1990 Appropriation to Cover Shortfall from Prior Award Year's Pell Grant Program, 032990 DOJ, 90-9

  • January 12, 1990

  • Authority of Education Department Administrative Law Judges in Conducting Hearings, 011290 DOJ, 90-1

  • June 22, 2004

  • Applicability of Anti-Discrimination Statutes to the Presidio Trust, 062204 DOJ, 04-10

  • October 10, 1979

  • Constitutional Convention-Limitation of Power to Propose Amendments to the Constitution, 101079 DOJ, 79-75

  • February 08, 1985

  • Inter-Departmental Disclosure of Information Submitted Under the Shipping Act of 1984, 020885 DOJ, 85-5

  • November 03, 2000

  • Applicability of 18 U.S.C. § 207(d) to Certain Employees in the Treasury Department, 110300 DOJ, 00-23

  • July 06, 2005

  • Authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to Permit Importation of Frames, Receivers, and Barrels of Non-Importable Firearms, 070605 DOJ, 05-8

  • March 04, 1977

  • Drug Enforcement Administration's Authority to Impose Civil Penalties, 030477 DOJ, 77-10

  • August 23, 1985

  • Federal Agencies' Use of Volunteer Services Provided by Individuals and Organizations Under Proposed Legislation, 082385 DOJ, 85-10

  • April 05, 1994

  • Whether Members of the Sentencing Commission Who Were Appointed Prior to the Enactment of a Holdover Statute May Exercise Holdover Rights Pursuant to the Statute, 040594 DOJ, 94-7

  • January 27, 1977

  • Legality of a Certain Proposed Composition of a Multiemployer Pension Fund Board of Trustees, 012777 DOJ, 77-2

  • August 02, 1985

  • State Bar Disciplinary Rules as Applied to Federal Government Attorneys, 080285 DOJ, 85-9

  • May 23, 2007

  • Constitutionality of the D.C. Voting Rights Act of 2007, 052307 DOJ, 07-10

  • January 18, 2017

  • Authority of Department of Health and Human Services to Pay for Private Counsel to Represent an Employee Before Congressional Committees, 011817 DOJ, 17-2

  • June 01, 1998

  • Appointment of Vice Chair of Federal Reserve Board to Serve Concurrently as Chair of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management a ssistance Authority, 060198 DOJ, 98-15

  • May 03, 2011

  • Whether Bills May Be Presented By Congress and Returned By The President By Electronic Means, 050311 DOJ, 11-4

  • August 01, 1997

  • Authority of Military Exchanges to Lease General Purpose Office Space, 080197 DOJ, 97-19

  • January 14, 2009

  • Status of Presidential Memorandum Addressing The Use of Polygraphs, 011409 DOJ, 09-2

  • November 08, 1937

  • The President's Power in Field of Foreign Relations, 110837 DOJ, 37-4

  • September 27, 2022

  • In re The Hyde Amendment to the Provision of Transp. for Women Seeking Abortions, 092722 DOJ, 22-01

  • May 07, 1996

  • The Constitutional Separation of Powers Between the President and Congress, 050796 DOJ, 96-17

  • June 11, 2009

  • Withdrawal of Office of Legal Counsel Opinion, 061109 DOJ, 09-7

  • April 22, 1997

  • Applicability of Executive Order No. 12976 to the FDIC, 042297 DOJ, 97-11

  • July 27, 2018

  • The Scope of State Criminal Jurisdiction over Offenses Occurring on Yakama Indian Reservation, 072718 DOJ, 18-5

  • March 04, 1996

  • Constitutionality of Citizenship Requirement for Participation in Small Business Administration's 8(a) Program, 030496 DOJ, 96-13