No. 19-7
 
Title: Seila Law LLC, Petitioner
v.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Docketed: June 28, 2019
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (17-56324)
   Decision Date: May 6, 2019
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jun 28 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 29, 2019)
Jul 12 2019 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Seila Law LLC.
Jul 24 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 29, 2019 to August 28, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Jul 25 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 28, 2019.
Jul 29 2019 Brief amici curiae of Separation of Powers Scholars filed.
Jul 29 2019 Brief amici curiae of States of Texas, et al. filed. (Aug. 6, 2019)(Corrected version submitted)
Jul 29 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Jul 29 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Jul 29 2019 Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Jul 29 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
Jul 29 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
Aug 15 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 28, 2019 to September 18, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 16 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 18, 2019.
Sep 17 2019 Brief of respondent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed.
Sep 17 2019 Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
Sep 18 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
Oct 04 2019 Motion of United States House of Representatives for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae out of time filed. (Distributed)
Oct 04 2019 Reply of petitioner Seila Law LLC filed. (Distributed)
Oct 10 2019 Motion of Alan B. Morrison for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae out of time filed.
Oct 15 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
Oct 18 2019 Motion of United States House of Representatives for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae out of time GRANTED.
Oct 18 2019 Motion of Alan B. Morrison for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae out of time GRANTED.
Oct 18 2019 Petition GRANTED. 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?.
Oct 22 2019 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Seila Law LLC.
Oct 23 2019 Paul D. Clement, Esquire, of Washington, D.C., is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below on the question presented by the petition.
Oct 28 2019 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Oct 28 2019 Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Oct 30 2019 Amicus curiae briefs, on both or either question being briefed in this case, shall be filed within 7 days after the party supported files its brief on the question presented by the petition.
Oct 30 2019 Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix, petitioner's brief on the merits, and respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 9, 2019. The time to file the brief on the merits of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below on the question presented by the petition is extended to and including January 15, 2020.
Nov 14 2019 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Seila Law LLC.
Nov 26 2019 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
Dec 09 2019 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Dec 09 2019 Brief of petitioner Seila Law LLC filed.
Dec 09 2019 Brief of respondent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed.
Dec 13 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
Dec 13 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Alan B. Morrison in support of neither party filed.
Dec 13 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation and National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Patrick J. Collins, Marcus J. Liotta, and William M. Hitchcock filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Harpeth Financial Services, LLC filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc., et al. filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Twenty-Seven Members of the U.S. House of Representatives filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of State National Bank of Big Spring, The Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al. filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Center for the Rule of Law filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of States of Texas, et al. filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Mortgage Bankers Association, et al. in support of neither party filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of RD Legal Funding Partners, LP, et al. filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Separation of Powers Scholars filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Credit Union National Association, Inc. filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Consumer Bankers Association in support of neither party filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of The Cato Institute, et al. filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senators Mike Lee, et al. filed.
Dec 16 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
Jan 09 2020 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Jan 09 2020 The record of the USCA 9th Circuit is available on PACER.
Jan 15 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below on the question presented by the petition filed.
Jan 21 2020 CIRCULATED
Jan 21 2020 Motion for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument filed by petitioner Seila Law LLC.
Jan 21 2020 Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 21 2020 Motion of United States House of Representatives for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Harold H. Bruff, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Self-Help Credit Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Project on Government Oversight and Morton Rosenberg filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Professors Martin S. Lederman, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Rachel E. Barkow, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Main Street Alliance filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Financial Regulation Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, and Mazie Hirono filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amicus curiae of United States House of Representatives filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Professor John Harrison filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of State of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 14 2020 Motion of United States House of Representatives for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Feb 14 2020 Motion for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument GRANTED, and the time is divided as follows: 20 minutes for the petitioner, 20 minutes for the Solicitor General, 20 minutes for the Court-appointed amicus curiae, and 10 minutes for the United States House of Representatives.
Feb 14 2020 Reply of respondent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed. (Distributed)
Feb 14 2020 Reply of petitioner Seila Law LLC filed. (Distributed)
Mar 03 2020 Argued. For petitioner: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C. For respondent supporting vacatur: Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. For United States House of Representatives as amicus curiae: Douglas N. Letter, General Counsel, Washington, D. C.
Jun 29 2020 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, and III, in which Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Part IV, in which Alito and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Kagan, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment with respect to severability and dissenting in part, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined.
Jul 31 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Counsel of Record
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
KSHANMUGAM@PAULWEISS.COM
Ph: (202) 223-7300
Party name: Seila Law LLC


Attorneys for Respondents
Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau


Other Attorneys
Corbin Knight Barthold
TechFreedom
1500 K Street NW, Floor 2
Washington, DC 20005
CBARTHOLD@TECHFREEDOM.ORG
Ph: 7712004997
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


Michael A. Carvin
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
macarvin@jonesday.com
Ph: (202) 879-7643
Party name: Twenty-Seven Members of the U.S. House of Representatives


Joseph Carl Cecere
Cecere, PC
6035 McCommas Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75206
ccecere@cecerepc.com
Ph: 469-600-9455
Party name: Project on Government Oversight and Morton Rosenberg


Paul D. Clement
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM
Ph: (202) 742-8900
Party name: Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below on the question presented by the petition


William Spencer Consovoy
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
will@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: The Buckeye Institute


Charles Justin Cooper
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
ccooper@cooperkirk.com
Ph: 202-220-9600
Party name: Patrick J. Collins, Marcus J. Liotta, and William M. Hitchcock


Oliver James Dunford
Pacific Legal Foundation
4440 PGA Boulevard
Suite 307
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
ODUNFORD@PACIFICLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 916.503.9060
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation


John C. Eastman
Constitutional Counsel Group
444 W Ocean Blvd, Ste 1403
Long Beach, CA 90802
jeastman@ccg1776.com
Ph: 909-257-3869
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence


Julian Richard Ellis Jr.
First & Fourteenth PLLC
2 N. Cascade Ave., Suite 1430
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
julian@first-fourteenth.com
Ph: 719-286-2475
Party name: Credit Union National Association, Inc.


Steven Eliott Fineman
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10013
sfineman@lchb.com
Ph: (212) 355-9500
Party name: Main Street Alliance


Matthew Conrad Forys
Landmark Legal Foundation
19415 Deerfield Avenue, Suite 312
Leesburg, VA 20176
MATT@LANDMARKLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 703-554-6100
Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation


Jonathan Saul Franklin
Norton Rose Fulbright US, LLP
799 9th Street NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20001
jonathan.franklin@nortonrosefulbright.com
Ph: 2026620466
Party name: Consumer Bankers Association


Albert Quoc Giang
King & Spalding LLP
633 West Fifth Street Suite 1600
Los Angeles, CA 90071
AGIANG@KSLAW.COM
Ph: 231-443-4355
Party name: RD Legal Funding Partners, LP, RD Legal Finance, LLC, RD Legal Funding, LLC, and Roni Dersovitz


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Constitutional Accountability Center
1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Current and Former Members of Congress


Andrew Michael Grossman
Baker & Hostetler LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
AGROSSMAN@BAKERLAW.COM
Ph: 2028611697
Party name: Harpeth Financial Services, LLC


Deepak Gupta
Gupta Wessler LLP
2001 K Street NW
Suite 850 North
Washington, DC 20006
DEEPAK@GUPTAWESSLER.COM
Ph: (202) 888-1741
Party name: Financial Regulation Scholars


John Harrison
580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
jh8m@virginia.edu
Ph: 4349243093
Party name: Professor John Harrison


Kyle Douglas Hawkins
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
919 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
kyle@lkcfirm.com
Ph: 6122966947
Party name: STATES OF TEXAS, ARKANSAS, GEORGIA, INDIANA, KANSAS, LOUISIANA, NEBRASKA, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, UTAH, AND WEST VIGINIA


Kimberly Stewart Hermann
Southeastern Legal Foundation
560 W. Crossville Rd. Suite 104
Roswell, GA 30075-7509
khermann@southeasternlegal.org
Ph: 770-977-2131
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation and National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center


Richard Peter Hutchison
Landmark Legal Foundation
3100 Broadway
Suite 1200
Kansas City, MO 64111
pete.hutch@landmarklegal.org
Ph: 8169315559
Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation


Gregory Frederick Jacob
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
gjacob@omm.com
Ph: (202) 383-5300
Party name: State National Bank of Big Spring, The Competitive Enterprise Institute, and The 60 Plus Association in Support of Petitioner


Scott A. Keller
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001
scott@lkcfirm.com
Ph: 5126938350
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation and National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center


Scott A. Keller
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001
scott@lkcfirm.com
Ph: 5126938350
Party name: Cato Institute


Benjamin Barnet Klubes
Buckley LLP
2001 M St. NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
bklubes@buckleyfirm.com
Ph: 202-349-8002
Party name: Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Home Builders, and National Association of Realtors


Martin Seth Lederman
600 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
martin.lederman@law.georgetown.edu
Ph: 202-662-9937
Party name: PROFESSORS MARTIN S. LEDERMAN AND DAVID C. VLADECK


Douglas Neal Letter
Office of General Counsel
U.S. House of Representatives 5140 O'Neill House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
douglas.letter@mail.house.gov
Ph: 202-225-9700
Party name: United States House of Representatives


Jonathan F. Mitchell
Mitchell Law PLLC
111 Congress Avenue
Suite 400
Austin, TX 78701
jonathan@mitchell.law
Ph: (512) 686-3940
Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance


Alan B. Morrison
George Washington Law School
2000 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
ABMORRISON@LAW.GWU.EDU
Ph: 2029947120
Party name: Alan B. Morrison


Scott Lawrence Nelson
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
SNELSON@CITIZEN.ORG
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen, Inc., et al.


Latif Mohamed Nurani
Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP
1875 Eye Street NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006
latif.nurani@spiegelmcd.com
Ph: 2028794075
Party name: Harold H. Bruff, Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Jerry L. Mashaw, Gillian Metzger, Anne Joseph O’Connell, Peter M. Shane, Peter L. Strauss, and Paul R. Verkuil


Theodore B. Olson
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
tolson@gibsondunn.com
Ph: (202) 955-8500
Party name: Center for the Rule of Law


Amanda Rose Parker
Jones Day
901 Lakeside Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114
arparker@jonesday.com
Ph: (216) 586-7131
Party name: Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc., Loan Payment Administration LLC, and Daniel S. Lipsky


Andrew John Pincus
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
APINCUS@MAYERBROWN.COM
Ph: 202-263-3000
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


Richard L. Revesz
New York University
School of Law 40 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012-0000
richard.revesz@nyu.edu
Ph: 212-998-6185
Party name: Rachel E. Barkow, et al.


Stuart Todd Rossman
National Consumer Law Center
7 Winthrop Square
Boston, MA 02110
srossman@nclc.org
Ph: 617-542-8010
Party name: National Consumer Law Center, et al.


Gene Clayton Schaerr
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: U.S. Senators Mike Lee, James Lankford, and M. Michael Rounds


Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
52 Vanderbilt Ave.
New York, NY 10017
ishapiro@manhattan-institute.org
Ph: 212599-7000
Party name: The Cato Institute


Daniel S. Sommers
Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC
1100 New York Avenue, NW
West Tower, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
dsommers@cohenmilstein.com
Ph: 202-408-4609
Party name: Self-Help Credit Union, Hope Credit Union, Hope Enterprise Corporation, National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders, and Inclusiv


Stephen Daily Susman
Susman Godfrey LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, NY 10019-6023
ssusman@susmangodfrey.com
Ph: (212) 336-8330
Party name: U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse. Richard Blumenthal, and Mazie Hirono


Barbara Dale Underwood
Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005-1400
BARBARA.UNDERWOOD@AG.NY.GOV
Ph: 212-416-8016
Party name: State of New York et al.


Ilan Wurman
University of Minnesota Law School
229 S 19th Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
iwurman@umn.edu
Ph: 612-624-8816
Party name: Separation of Powers Scholars