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Supreme Court· 6/26/1992

Franklin v. Massachusetts

Citations

  • 505 U.S. 788
  • 112 S. Ct. 2767
  • 120 L. Ed. 2d 636
  • 1992 U.S. LEXIS 4531
  • 6 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 650
  • 60 U.S.L.W. 4781
  • 92 Daily Journal DAR 8897
  • 92 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5553

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that separation of powers concerns prevent the application of the APA to the President
  • holding that the court could review whether an executive order conflicted with a federal statute where plaintiffs had sought to enjoin executive branch officials implementing the order
  • holding that \in general 'this court has no jurisdiction of a bill to enjoin the President in the performance of his official duties.' \
  • holding that 22 it is black letter law that courts cannot review Presidential actions under the APA
  • holding that “in general ‘this court has no jurisdiction of a bill to enjoin the President in the performance of his official duties.’”
  • holding that the court lacked jurisdiction over plaintiff’s challenge to an executive order where plaintiff sought to enjoin only the president and not any executive officers

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Judges: O'Connor, Rehnquist, White, Scalia, Thomas, Blackmun, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Sou-Tek

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Cites

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