505 U.S. 788 (1992) Cited 762 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that the decennial census report was not subject to judicial review, because it carried "no direct consequences for the reapportionment," and the President was "not expressly required to adhere to the policy decisions reflected in the Secretary's report"
Holding that an agency decision to discontinue a program was authorized by law because the action “f[ell] within the [Indian Health] Service's statutory mandate to provide health care to Indian people”
In Christopher Village v. Retsinas, plaintiffs, managers of a subsidized low-income housing complex, sued Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) officers, claiming that HUD unlawfully refused to entertain plaintiffs' request to raise the rent on residents in order to cover necessary repairs.
Holding that "an agency's denial of a rulemaking petition is subject to judicial review" unless "there is evidence of a clear and convincing legislative intent to negate review"
Holding that the language in a statutory provision that stated that “[c]ritical habitat may be established for those species now listed as threatened or endangered” was unreviewable