Legal Opinion
Heckler v. Chaney
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 20, 1985No. 83-1878PublishedCited by 2,380 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
This case presents the question of the extent to which a decision of an administrative agency to exercise its “discretion” not to undertake certain enforcement actions is subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U. S. C. §501 et seq. (APA). Respondents are several prison inmates convicted of capital offenses and sentenced to death by lethal injection of drugs. They petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), alleging that under the circumstances the use of these drugs for capital punishment violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 52 Stat. 1040, as…
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