DALTON, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, et al.
v.
SPECTER et al.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 2, 1994.
Decided May 23, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Solicitor General Days argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Hunger, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, John F. Manning, and Douglas N. Letter.
Senator Arlen Specter, pro se, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Bruce W. Kauffman,Mark J. Levin, Camille Spinello Andrews, and Thomas E. Groshens.*
Rehnquist, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, Part II of which was unanimous, and in the remainder of which O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined. Blackmun, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, p. 477. Souter, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Blackmun, Stevens, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, p. 478.
Supreme Court of United States.
Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
Respondents sought to enjoin the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) from carrying out a decision by the President to close the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.1 This decision was made pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (1990 Act or Act), 104 Stat. 1808, as amended, note following 10 U. S. C. § 2687 (1988 ed., Supp. IV). The Court of Appeals held that...
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