Axon Enterprise v. Federal Trade Commission (598 U.S. 175)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 14, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 598 U.S. 175 · 143 S. Ct. 890
- Decided
- April 14, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Kagan
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2022 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 21–86. Argued November 7, 2022—Decided April 14, 2023* Michelle Cochran and Axon Enterprise, Inc.—respondents in separate enforcement actions initiated in the Securities and Exchange Commis- sion (SEC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—each filed suit in federal district court challenging the constitutionality of the agency proceedings against them. When, as in the enforcement actions against Cochran and Axon, a Commission elects to institute adminis- trative proceedings to address statutory violations, it typically dele- gates the initial adjudication to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with authority to resolve motions, hold a hearing, and then issue a decision. As prescribed by statute, a party objecting to the Commission proceedings makes its claims first within the Commission itself, and…
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