Collins v. Yellen

Decided June 23, 2021. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 19-422 · 594 U.S. 220 (2021) · Cited 79 times

Holding

Because the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) did not exceed its authority under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 as a conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the anti-injunction provisions of the Recovery Act bar the statutory claim brought by shareholders of those entities; the Recovery Act’s structure, which restricts the President’s power to remove the FHFA Director, violates the separation of powers.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Bowsher v. Synar · 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
• Myers v. United States · 272 U.S. 52 (1926)
• Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
• Humphrey's v. United States · 295 U.S. 602 (1935)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• O'Melveny & Myers v. Federal Deposit Insurance · 512 U.S. 79 (1994)
• Stern v. Marshall · 564 U.S. 462 (2011)
• Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
• Glidden Co. v. Zdanok · 370 U.S. 530 (1962)
• Clinton v. City of New York · 524 U.S. 417 (1998)
• Bond v. United States · 564 U.S. 211 (2011)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Ruberoid Co. · 343 U.S. 470 (1952)
• Wiener v. United States · 357 U.S. 349 (1958)
• Shurtleff v. United States · 189 U.S. 311 (1903)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · 429 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno · 547 U.S. 332 (2006)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · 534 U.S. 438 (2002)
• Milliken v. Bradley · 433 U.S. 267 (1977)
• Tennessee v. Lane · 541 U.S. 509 (2004)
• Virginia v. American Booksellers Assn., Inc. · 484 U.S. 383 (1988)
• Ryder v. United States · 515 U.S. 177 (1995)
• Alabama v. Shelton · 535 U.S. 654 (2002)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• SEC v. Jarkesy · 603 U.S. 109 (2024)
• Trump v. United States · 603 U.S. 593 (2024)
• Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc. · 606 U.S. 748 (2025)

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