Opinion ID: 687597
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Administration of Justice Weighs Against Referral.

Text: 34 NCA argues that the district court failed to recognize the need to resolve this dispute as quickly and fairly as possible, and it claims that the imposition of additional costs and delay would be critical in this case. Tel-Save is a major competitor of NCA in the reseller business, and without the favorable rates of Contract Tariff No. 54 that AT & T has granted to Tel-Save, NCA will be significantly harmed in the market. 35 Agency decisionmaking often takes a long time and the delay imposes enormous costs on individuals, society, and the legal system. 2 KENNETH C. DAVIS ET AL., Administrative Law Treatise Sec. 12.1, at 211 (3d ed. 1994). Delay in agency decisionmaking is often due to: (1) large workload; (2) difficult issues; (3) inadequate funding and staffing; (4) poor organizational structure and management; (5) time-consuming decisionmaking procedures; (6) judicial review; (7) OMB review [by the president's office of management and budget]; and (8) intentional delay. Id. Sec. 12.2, at 214. 36 At oral argument the parties estimated that the delay resulting from referring this case to the FCC would be from two to five years. Since the district court can conclude this matter far more expeditiously, a potential delay of even two years more than outweighs any benefit that might be achieved by having the FCC resolve this relatively simple factual dispute.