Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Docket Number
Term
2019 Term
Oral Argument Date
March 03, 2020
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
Whether the vesting of substantial executive authority in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency led by a single director, violates the separation of powers.
Case Updates
Supreme Court holds that statutory limitations on the removal of the Director of the CFPB violate the separation of powers
June 29, 2020
Click here to view the opinion.
U.S. Chamber files brief addressing statutory limitations on the removal of the Director of the CFPB
December 18, 2019
The U.S. Chamber’s amicus brief argus that the current structure of the CFPB unconstitutionally insulates the Bureau from political accountability to the President and Congress. The brief urges the Court to grant relief to businesses challenging regulatory and enforcement action by the Bureau.
Andrew J. Pincus, Stephen C.N. Lilley, and Samantha C. Booth of Mayer Brown LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center. The U.S. Chamber previously filed an amicus brief at the cert. stage supporting review.
Cert. granted
October 18, 2019
The Court added a remedy QP:
In addition to the question presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is found unconstitutional on the basis of the separation of powers, can 12 U.S.C. §5491(c)(3) be severed from the Dodd-Frank Act?
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to decide constitutional challenge to the statutory limitations on the removal of the Director of the CFPB
July 29, 2019
Click here to view the Chamber’s brief.
Andrew J. Pincus, Stephen C.N. Lilley, and Matthew A. Waring of Mayer Brown LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- Cert. Petition -- Seila Law LLC v. CFPB (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Appendix -- Seila Law LLC v. CFPB (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Seila Law LLC v. CFPB (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief for Respondent -- Seila Law LLC v. CFPB (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Reply Brief for Petitioner -- Seila Law LLC v. CFPB (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief (merits) -- Seila Law LLC v. CFPB (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Opinion -- Seila Law v. CFPB (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf