''Dalton v. Specter'', 511 U.S. 462 (1994), was a case in which the
United States Supreme Court
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held that an
Executive Order
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to shut down the
Philadelphia Naval Base was not subject to judicial review. In an opinion written by
Chief Justice William Rehnquist
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, the Court held that the decision to close the base was not subject to review under the
Administrative Procedure Act because the decision to close the base did not constitute the final action of an agency. Additionally, the Court held that the decision to close the base, which was made pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, was not subject to judicial review because the 1990 Act "commits decisionmaking to the discretion of the President".
[''Dalton'', 511 U.S. at 477.]
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 511
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