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Computed by Benchlight The Supreme Court publishes no panel, because every participating justice takes part. Benchlight therefore lists the justices commissioned and in active service on June 29, 2020, from Federal Judicial Center service records. Recusals are shown only where the source records them, so a justice who did not participate may still appear here.

Case history

  • June 29, 2020
    decided Decision issued in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Opinions and writings

Lead opinion By John Glover Roberts Jr. June 29, 2020 Slip opinion

B Neither Humphrey's Executor nor Morrison resolves whether the CFPB Director's insulation from removal is constitutional. Start with Humphrey's Executor. Unlike the New Deal-era FTC upheld there, the CFPB is led by a single Director who cannot be described as a "body of experts" and cannot be considered "non-partisan" in the same sens…

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Concurrence in part By Clarence Thomas June 29, 2020 Slip opinion

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Concurrence in part By Elena Kagan June 29, 2020 Slip opinion

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