PHH CORPORATION v. CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore B. Olson , Washington, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Helgi C. Walker , Lucas C. Townsend , Mitchel H. Kider , David M. Souders , Thomas M. Hefferon , and William M. Jay , Washington.

Andrew J. Pincus , Stephen C.N. Lilley , Matthew A. Waring , Kate Comerford Todd , and Steven P. Lehotsky , Washington, were on the brief for amicus curiae The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of petitioners.

David K. Willingham , Michael D. Roth , Los Angeles, Jeffrey M. Hammer , and Kelly L. Perigoe were on the brief for amici curiae RD Legal Funding, LLC, et al. in support of petitioners.

Joseph R. Palmore and Bryan J. Leitch , Washington, were on the brief for amici curiae American Bankers Association, et al. in support of petitioners and vacatur.

David T. Case , Washington, and Phillip L. Schulman were on the brief for amicus curiae The National Association of Realtors® in support of petitioners and reversal of the June 4, 2015 order of the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Jay N. Varon and Jennifer M. Keas , Washington, were on the brief for amici curiae American Land Title Association, et al. in support of petitioners.

Joshua D. Hawley , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Missouri, and D. John Sauer , State Solicitor, were on the brief for amici curiae the States of Missouri, et al. in support of petitioners.

Kirk D. Jensen , Joseph M. Kolar , and Alexander S. Leonhardt , Washington, were on the brief for amicus curiae The Consumer Mortgage Coalition in support of petitioner.

Marc J. Gottridge , New York, Allison M. Wuertz , Ilya Shapiro , and Thaya Brook Knight were on the brief for amicus curiae The Cato Institute in support of petitioners.

Brian Melendez , Minneapolis, was on the brief for amicus curiae ACA International in support of petitioners.

C. Boyden Gray , Adam R.F. Gustafson , James R. Conde , Gregory Jacob , Sam Kazman , and Hans Bader , Washington, were on the brief for amici curiae State National Bank of Big Spring, et al. in support of petitioners.

Hashim M. Mooppan , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause as amicus curiae United States of America. On the brief were Douglas N. Letter , Mark B. Stern , Daniel Tenny , and Tara S. Morrissey , Attorneys. Ian H. Gershengorn , Attorney, Washington, entered an appearance.

Lawrence DeMille-Wagman , Senior Litigation Counsel, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was John R. Coleman , Deputy General Counsel.

George Jepsen , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Connecticut, and John Langmaid , Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief for The States of Connecticut, et al. in support of respondent.

Thomas C. Goldstein , Eric Citron , Tejinder Singh , and Deepak Gupta , Washington, were on the brief for amici curiae Americans For Financial Reform, et al. in support of respondent.

Elizabeth B. Wydra , Washington, Brianne J. Gorod , and Simon Lazarus were on the brief for amici curiae Current and Former Members of Congress in support of respondent.

Scott L. Nelson and Allison M. Zieve , Washington, were on the brief for amici curiae Public Citizen, Inc., et al. in support of respondent.

Julie Nepveu , Washington, was on the brief for amici curiae AARP and AARP Foundation in support of respondent.

Deepak Gupta , Washington, was on the brief for amici curiae Financial Regulation Scholars in support of respondent.

Katharine M. Mapes , Jessica R. Bell , and Jeffrey M. Bayne , Washington, were on the brief for amici curiae Separation of Powers Scholars in support of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Dissenting opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge Randolph.