Balio v. Wilson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that this Court “has recognized the delegation to administrative agencies of both legislative and adjudicatory power as legitimate, as the separation of powers concept may constitutionally encompass a sensible degree of elasticity and should not be applied with doctrinaire rigor”
• “ ‘[C]ourts do not substitute their social and economic beliefs for the judgment of legislative bodies, who are elected to pass laws.’ ”
• no merit to claim that legislation affecting a common law right should be subject to heightened scrutiny
• an action by operators of quarries, potentially subject to a recently enacted statute, for a declaratory judgment that the statute was invalid and an injunction against the future enforcement of the statute
• an administrative “agency in the executive branch may ordinarily perform adjudicatory functions in harmony with the principle of separation of powers provided that there is an opportunity for judicial review of the agency’s final determination”
• Courts “accord to the decisions of legislative bodies a strong presumption of constitutionality.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).