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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Pending Supreme Court Decision on the Constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Funding Structure Results in...

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The United States Supreme Court’s pending decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd., et al. (“Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd.”) in...more

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Nevada federal district court stays CFPB action to enforce civil investigative demand pending SCOTUS decision in CFSA case

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A Nevada federal district court has stayed an action filed by the CFPB to enforce a civil investigative demand (CID) issued to a small-dollar lender pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Community Financial Services...more

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Certiorari petition filed in Second Circuit case rejecting constitutional challenge to CFPB’s funding

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In CFPB v. Law Offices of Crystal Moroney, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously ruled in March 2023 that the CFPB’s funding structure does not violate the Appropriations Clause...more

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No further Supreme Court review to be sought by Seila Law

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Seila Law has sent a letter advising the Ninth Circuit that it will not seek further review from the U.S. Supreme Court....more

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Four judges dissent from Ninth Circuit denial of rehearing en banc in Seila Law; Seila Law asks Ninth Circuit to stay mandate...

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In December 2020, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the CFPB’s structure was unconstitutional and remanded the case for further consideration, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled...more

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Ninth Circuit hears oral argument in Seila Law on remand from SCOTUS

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Last Thursday, on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral argument in Seila Law. The members of the three judge panel were Judge Susan Graber and Judge Paul Watford...more

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CFPB files ratification with Ninth Circuit in Seila Law; Ninth Circuit orders supplemental briefing on ratification

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The CFPB has filed a declaration with the Ninth Circuit in which Director Kraninger stated that she has ratified the Bureau’s decisions to issue a civil investigative demand to Seila Law, deny Seila Law’s request to modify or...more

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Supreme Court’s Seila Law Decision Brings Clarity to the CFPB (for Now)

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In June, the Supreme Court struck down the leadership structure of the CFPB as unconstitutional. (The case is Seila Law LLC v. CFPB, No. 19-7 (June 29, 2020), and the decision is here.) The case resolves a long-simmering...more

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SCOTUS Holds CFPB’s Single Director Structure Unconstitutional, Leaves Open Questions on Existing Bureau Matters

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Earlier today, the United States Supreme Court issued a two part decision in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Court first decided, in a 5-4 decision with Chief Justice Roberts authoring the Court's...more

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Supreme Court Hears the CFPB Declare Itself Unconstitutional

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Our Financial Services Litigation Team dives into the oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court that could decide the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau....more

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Director Kraninger rejects constitutionality challenge as basis for setting aside CID

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CFPB Director Kraninger has rejected the argument made by Equitable Acceptance Corp (EAC) that because the Bureau’s structure is unconstitutional, the civil investigative demand it received from the Bureau should be set aside...more

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Seila Law and CFPB file briefs in U.S. Supreme Court

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Seila Law and the CFPB filed their briefs yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court.  Both briefs address the question presented in Seila Law’s certiorari petition, which is whether the CFPB’s...more

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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Structure of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau is Constitutional

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On October 18, 2019, the Supreme Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari filed in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In granting the petition, the Court agreed to take up two distinct issues....more

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U.S. Supreme Court to decide CFPB’s constitutionality

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This past Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it has agreed to decide whether the CFPB’s single-director-removable-only-for-cause structure is constitutional.  The Court granted Seila Law’s petition for a writ of...more

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New plot twist: CFPB agrees its structure is unconstitutional

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The long-running saga that is the litigation over whether the CFPB’s single-director-removable-only-for-cause structure is constitutional took a new twist on Tuesday with the CFPB’s announcement that it has determined that...more

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Seila Law to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of Ninth Circuit ruling that CFPB’s structure is constitutional

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Appellant Seila Law has filed a motion for a stay of the Ninth Circuit’s mandate in its decision ruling that the CFPB’s single-director-removable-only-for-cause structure is constitutional pending the filing by Seila Law of a...more

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