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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd.

The Court upheld the CFPB’s statutory funding arrangement against the Appropriations Clause challenge before it.

Decision date
May 16, 2024
Docket
22-448
Subject
Federal spending and agencies
Current justiceRole at the timeParticipation
John G. Roberts, Jr.Chief JusticeJoined Thomas’s Court opinion.
Clarence ThomasAssociate JusticeWrote the Court opinion.
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.Associate JusticeWrote a dissent.
Sonia SotomayorAssociate JusticeJoined the Court opinion and Kagan’s concurrence.
Elena KaganAssociate JusticeJoined the Court opinion; wrote a concurrence.
Neil M. GorsuchAssociate JusticeJoined Alito’s dissent.
Brett M. KavanaughAssociate JusticeJoined the Court opinion and Kagan’s concurrence.
Amy Coney BarrettAssociate JusticeJoined the Court opinion and Kagan’s concurrence.
Ketanji Brown JacksonAssociate JusticeJoined the Court opinion; wrote a concurrence.

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