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Supreme Court· 7/2/1981

Dames & Moore v. Regan

Citations

  • 453 U.S. 654
  • 101 S. Ct. 2972
  • 69 L. Ed. 2d 918
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 44
  • 49 U.S.L.W. 4969

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a party has an action in the Court of Claims for an unconstitutional taking by the Federal government
  • concluding that the IEEPA constitutes congressional authorization for the President to order the transfer of Iranian assets
  • holding that President and Secretary of Treasury did not act \beyond their statutory and constitutional powers\
  • suggesting that Courts should be extremely hesitant about undermining foreign policy initiatives when both Congress and the President are in agreement
  • finding that an executive agreement to settle claims was not a violation of federal law, in part, because Congress acquiesced to the executive’s action
  • noting that the Court of Federal Claims is the proper forum for claims alleging an unconstitutional taking

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Judges: Rehnquist, Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens

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