American Beef v. Krasnyy

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'American Beef Co. et. al. v. Krasnyy' was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the court ruled that the Constitution does not guarantee a right to an Executive Branch official to exercise Congressional authority without authorization to do so.

It was a 5-0 decision in which all Justices voted unanimously in favor of American Beef. The decision struck down the WSM order made by Nikolai Krasnyy while he was the Secretary of Infrastructure and effectively overturned the Lower Court ruling on the case.

Decision
In June 2004, after the Supreme Court Justices all deliberated, every Justice able to vote has casted their decision.

The Justices were voting on either upholding the Lower Court decision, to which none of them favored, or reversing the decision and providing instructions to the Lower Court on how to handle the case. In a 5-0 unanimous decision, the Justices ruled that the Constitution does not guarantee a right to an Executive official to exercise Congressional authority without authorization to do so.

Hearing the case
A short oral argument involving William Long, the plaintiff for American Beef, versus Secretary of Education Nikolai Krasnyy, who was being defended by Acting Attorney General Byron White. Long stated that "no act of Congress has authorized the executive branch to promulgate the WSM order." Justice J.P. Stevens responded with "Then would not the Pure Food and Drug Act allow said department to mandate these requirements?" to which Long responded "We don't believe the Pure Food and Drug Act would authorize this because the PFDA did not leave the discretionary authority to the executive for this." After the response, Justice Stevens yielded to Justice Qauyle, who asked "Would you like to see the court just strike down the order or For the court to create a basis for how regulations are considered lawful?". Long simplified his response, stating "A new basis would be unnecessary because this order is unlawful under any basis."

Case data
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AMERICAN BEEF V. KRASNYY
Argued 2003

Decided June 2004

Full case name - ''AMERICAN BEEF PACKING CO. LLC, BRISK & CO. FOODS INC., LUKE FOODS INC., RST USA HOLDINGS INC., AND THEIR AFFILIATE FARMS AND CATTLE RANCHERS ET. AL. v. NIKOLAI A. KRASSNY, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE''

Opinion - Opinion

HOLDING - An official of the Executive Branch can not constitutionally exercise Congressional authority without formal authorization to do so. The Lower Court Ruling for American Beef Co. et. al. v. Krasnyy is overruled; and instructions to the Lower Court on how to handle similar cases will be provided to them.

COURT MEMBERSHIP Chief Justice Clarence Thomas

Associate Justices John Paul Stevens Diana Maddow Robert Goldberg Anthony Kennedy Mary Janes (could not vote due to later membership) Amy Coney Barrett Majority Qauyle. joined by Stevens, Barrett, Kennedy, Goldberg

Dissent N/A

Overruled Lower Court decision on American Beef v. Krasnyy

Orders/laws struck WSM Department of Infrastructure Directive 06