Administrative Law Database
Explore administrative hearings across education, health, civil service, and government records disputes (2019-2025).
90,927
Total Cases
83,819
Closed Cases
117.5
Avg Days to Close
61
GRC Cases
What is OAL?The Office of Administrative Law conducts hearings for state agencies when citizens dispute government decisions—everything from denied unemployment benefits to special education placements to public records disputes. This data was obtained via OPRA request and covers contested cases closed since January 1, 2019.
Learn more about this data →Data source: Party names may be abbreviated for privacy in accordance with OAL data handling practices.
Most OAL cases involve health/welfare and human services disputes
Average days to close varies significantly by jurisdiction
61 GRC decisions were transmitted to OAL as contested cases, representing the escalation path when requesters or agencies dispute GRC rulings on public records access. We've linked 59 of these to our GRC complaints database.
Key insight: Cases that go through both GRC and OAL can take over 22 months from initial GRC filing to final OAL resolution. GRC processing represents about 72% of the total timeline, making GRC reform a key lever for faster dispute resolution.
Requesters who have filed multiple GRC contested cases at OAL
8 agencies challenged
10 cases
156d avg
5 agencies challenged
5 cases
142d avg
3 agencies challenged
4 cases
168d avg
3 agencies challenged
3 cases
134d avg
2 agencies challenged
3 cases
189d avg
Government entities with most GRC cases transmitted to OAL
2 complainants
7 cases
178d avg
3 complainants
4 cases
195d avg
4 complainants
4 cases
162d avg
2 complainants
3 cases
145d avg
3 complainants
3 cases
188d avg
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