HECKLER V. CHANEY
470 U.S. 821 (1985)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over the use of drugs for lethal injection.
FACTS: Respondents (R) were sentenced to death by lethal injection of drugs. Rs
petitioned the FDA and argued that the drugs that were going to be used were not by their
labels approved for use in human executions. Rs argued that such unapproved usage violated
the Act's provisions against misbranding. Rs claimed that the FDA was required to approve
the drugs as safe and effective for human execution before they could be distributed in
interstate commerce. Rs requested that the FDA take various investigatory and enforcement
actions to prevent these violations. The FDA commissioner refused to take the requested
action; only when serious danger to public health or a blatant scheme to defraud would
require the FDA to take action and since lethal injection was a duly authorized governmental
act, the FDA could not interfere. Rs sought judicial review of that action.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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