Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission

Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 7, 2022; Decided April 14, 2023
Full case name	Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al.; Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. v. Michelle Cochran
Docket nos.	21-86; 21-1239
Citations	598 U.S. 175 (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Questions presented
	1. Whether Congress implicitly stripped federal district courts of jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission's structure, procedures, and existence by granting the courts of appeals jurisdiction to "affirm, enforce, modify, or set aside" the Commission's cease-and-desist orders. ; 2. Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction to hear a suit in which the respondent in an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission administrative proceeding seeks to enjoin that proceeding, based on an alleged constitutional defect in the statutory provisions that govern the removal of the administrative law judge who will conduct the proceeding.
Holding
	The statutory review schemes set out in the Securities Exchange Act and Federal Trade Commission Act do not displace a district court's federal-question jurisdiction over claims challenging as unconstitutional the structure or existence of the SEC or FTC.
Court membership
	Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito; Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan; Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh; Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Case opinions
Majority	Kagan, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jackson
Concurrence	Thomas
Concurrence	Gorsuch (in judgment)
Laws applied
	Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, 598 U.S. ___ (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case related to administrative law.

Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 7, 2022 Decided April 14, 2023
Full case name	Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. v. Michelle Cochran
Docket nos.	21-86 21-1239
Citations	598 U.S. 175 (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Questions presented
1. Whether Congress implicitly stripped federal district courts of jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission's structure, procedures, and existence by granting the courts of appeals jurisdiction to "affirm, enforce, modify, or set aside" the Commission's cease-and-desist orders. 2. Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction to hear a suit in which the respondent in an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission administrative proceeding seeks to enjoin that proceeding, based on an alleged constitutional defect in the statutory provisions that govern the removal of the administrative law judge who will conduct the proceeding.
Holding
The statutory review schemes set out in the Securities Exchange Act and Federal Trade Commission Act do not displace a district court's federal-question jurisdiction over claims challenging as unconstitutional the structure or existence of the SEC or FTC.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Case opinions
Majority	Kagan, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jackson
Concurrence	Thomas
Concurrence	Gorsuch (in judgment)
Laws applied
Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 Securities Exchange Act of 1934