Legal Opinion
Raines v. Byrd
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1997No. 96-1671PublishedCited by 1,666 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
delivered the opinion of the Court. †
The District Court for the District of Columbia declared the Line Item Veto Act unconstitutional. On this direct appeal, we hold that appellees lack standing to bring this suit, *814and therefore direct that the judgment of the District Court be vacated and the complaint dismissed.
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The appellees are six Members of Congress, four of whom served as Senators and two of whom served as Congressmen in the 104th Congress (1995-1996).1 On March 27, 1996, the Senate passed a bill entitled the Line Item Veto Act by a vote of 69 to 31. All four appellee Senators voted…
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