Heckler v. Chaney

ELR Citation: ELR 20335
No(s). 83-1878 (U.S. Mar 20, 1985)

The Supreme Court rules that an agency's decision not to take enforcement action is presumed to be committed to agency discretion by law and hence immune from judicial review under Administrative Procedure Act (APA) §701(a)(2). Prisoners sentenced to death by lethal injection brought suit against t...