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Lucia v SEC

585 US 237 (2018)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year2018
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

ALJs of the SEC are 'Officers of the United States' who must be appointed by the head of a department; their adjudications were void because they were not properly appointed under the Appointments Clause.

Area of Law

constitutional

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