Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor

Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor
Argued April 29, 1986
Decided July 7, 1986
Full case nameCommodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor, et al.
Citations478 U.S. 833 (more)
106 S. Ct. 3245; 92 L. Ed. 2d 675; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 144; 54 U.S.L.W. 5096; Comm. Fut. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 23,116
Case history
PriorSchor v. Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n, 740 F.2d 1262 (D.C. Cir. 1984), cert. granted, judgment vacated, 473 U.S. 922 (1985); on remand, 770 F.2d 211 (D.C. Cir. 1985); cert. granted, 474 U.S. 1018 (1985).
Holding
Congress may grant pendent jurisdiction over state law counterclaims to administrative agencies.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
MajorityO'Connor, joined by Burger, White, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens
DissentBrennan, joined by Marshall
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. III; 7 U.S.C. § 1-27f

Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor, 478 U.S. 833 (1986), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held an administrative agency may, in some cases, exert jurisdiction over state-law counterclaims.[1]

  1. ^ Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Schor, 478 U.S. 833 (1986).