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Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc. | |
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Argued April 16, 1991 Decided June 17, 1991 | |
Full case name | Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc. |
Docket no. | 90-906 |
Citations | 501 U.S. 252 ( more) |
Argument | Oral argument |
Holding | |
Congress may not delegate the power to execute the law to agents subject to its control | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stevens, joined by Blackmun, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter |
Dissent | White, joined by Rehnquist, Marshall |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2 U.S. Const. art. I, § 7, cl. 2 & 3 |
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc., 501 U.S. 252 (1991), was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the United States Constitution's separation of powers doctrine. The Court declared Congress may not vest executive power into agents subject to Congress's control.