Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Ass'n

Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association, 575 U.S. 92 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the D.C. Circuit's Paralyzed Veterans doctrine is contrary to a clear reading of the Administrative Procedure Act and "improperly imposes on agencies an obligation beyond the Act's maximum procedural requirements."[1]

Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association
Argued December 1, 2014
Decided March 9, 2015
Full case nameThomas E. Perez, Secretary of Labor, et al. v. Mortgage Bankers Association, et al.
Jerome Nickols, et al. v. Mortgage Bankers Association
Docket nos.13-1041
13-1052
Citations575 U.S. 92 (more)
135 S. Ct. 1199; 191 L. Ed. 2d 186
Case history
PriorMortg. Bankers Ass'n v. Harris, 720 F.3d 966, 405 U.S. App. D.C. 429 (D.C. Cir. 2013)
Holding
Notice-and-comment procedures are not required when agencies enact interpretive rules, and they should not be required to make subsequent interpretations.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajoritySotomayor, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan; Alito (except Part III–B)
ConcurrenceAlito (in part)
ConcurrenceScalia (in judgment)
ConcurrenceThomas (in judgment)
Laws applied
Administrative Procedure Act

Opinion of the Court

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Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor authored the opinion of the Court.[2]

Associate Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas authored concurring opinions.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association".
  2. ^ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/13-1041_0861.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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