Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha
| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha | |
|---|---|
| Argued February 22, 1982 Reargued December 7, 1982 Decided June 23, 1983 | |
| Full case name | Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Jagdish Rai Chadha, et al. |
| Citations | 462 U.S. 919 (more) 103 S. Ct. 2764; 77 L. Ed. 2d 317; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 80; 51 U.S.L.W. 4907; 13 ELR 20663 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Holding | |
| Congress may not promulgate a statute granting to itself a legislative veto over actions of the executive branch because such a veto is inconsistent with the bicameralism principle and Presentment Clause of the Constitution. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Burger, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor |
| Concurrence | Powell |
| Dissent | White |
| Dissent | Rehnquist, joined by White |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. Art. I §§ 1, 7; U.S. Const. Art. III | |
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983), was a United States Supreme Court case ruling in 1983 that the one-house legislative veto violated the constitutional separation of powers.