Block v. Community Nutrition Institute
United States Supreme Court
467 U.S. 340 (1984)
Relevant factsFree
The Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act let the Secretary of Agriculture (defendant) set minimum milk prices through market orders that handlers could challenge through a specific statutory review process. Consumers and a nonprofit (plaintiffs) sued the Secretary under the Administrative Procedure Act to challenge a market order, and the court of appeals found they had standing based on the general presumption favoring judicial review of agency action. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.
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Whether inferences of congressional intent to preclude judicial review, drawn from a statute's overall structure, can overcome the presumption favoring judicial review of administrative action.