Mistretta v. U.S., No. 87-7028 (U.S. Supreme Court) (488 U.S. 361; 109 S.Ct. 647) (January 18, 1989) (Justice Blackmun)
The petitioner, John Mistretta (who was convicted of three counts of selling cocaine) claimed that the Sentencing Reform Act (the "Reform Act") violated the delegation-of-powers principle by giving the U.S. Sentencing Commission "excessive legislative powers." Specifically, the case addressed two separate questions: whether the Reform Act amounted to an unconstitutional ...
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