Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG
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| Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-760 | 2nd Cir. | May 12, 2020 | Jul 9, 2020 | 7-2 | Roberts | OT 2019 |
Holding: Although congressional subpoenas for the president"s information may be enforceable, the court below in this case did not take adequate account of the significant separation of powers concerns implicated by subpoenas from the House of Representatives seeking President Donald Trump's financial records.
Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 7-2, in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts on July 9, 2020. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Justices reject House's request to fast-track release of opinion on Trump's financial records (Amy Howe, July 20, 2020)
- Symposium: On Trump tax returns, the latest battles may be over, but the war rages on (John Malcolm, July 11, 2020)
- Symposium: Channeling an old chief to reject a new immunity (Toby Heytens and Martine Cicconi, July 10, 2020)
- Symposium: It must be nice to have John Marshall on your side (Josh Blackman, July 10, 2020)
- Symposium: A resounding rejection of Trump's authoritarian approach to the presidency (Jamila Benkato, Justin Florence and Ben Berwick, July 10, 2020)
- Symposium: The Trump subpoena cases and the search for normalcy (Peter Shane, July 10, 2020)
- Symposium: A better way to limit Congress' subpoena power (Ilya Somin, July 9, 2020)
- Opinion analysis: Disputes over Trump financial records to continue (Amy Howe, July 9, 2020)
- Live blog of opinions (Update: Completed) (Kalvis Golde, July 9, 2020)
- Educational seminar: Debrief of Trump v. Mazars & Trump v. Vance (Katie Bart, May 14, 2020)
- Argument analysis: A marathon debate, and no clear winners, in debate over Trump tax returns (Amy Howe, May 12, 2020)
- Educational seminar: Preview of Trump v. Mazars & Trump v. Vance (Katie Bart, May 7, 2020)
- Argument preview: Justices to tackle disputes over access to Trump financial records (Amy Howe, May 1, 2020)
- Justices ask for more briefing in Trump tax-returns cases (Amy Howe, April 27, 2020)
- Court sets cases for May telephone arguments, will make live audio available (Amy Howe, April 13, 2020)
- Justices postpone March argument session (Amy Howe, March 16, 2020)
- Symposium: Forget about taxes: Mazars is a big case (Victoria Nourse, March 12, 2020)
- Symposium: Separation of powers and federalism should guide the justices to protect the presidency and the courts from politicized investigations (Lawrence Joseph, March 11, 2020)
- Symposium: Vance, Mazars, Deutsche Bank: Is the president above the law after all? (Neil Kinkopf, March 11, 2020)
- Symposium: No. The founders did not want Congress doing criminal investigations - even of Trump (W. Burlette Carter, March 10, 2020)
- Symposium: Mazars and Vance may be political blockbusters, but they aren't legal ones (Brianne Gorod and Ashwin Phatak, March 10, 2020)
- Symposium: Justices to tackle disputes over access to Trump financial records (Amy Howe, March 9, 2020)
- 2020 Supreme Court Preview presented by Casetext (part two) (SCOTUStalk, February 21, 2020)
- Justices issue March argument calendar (Amy Howe, January 31, 2020)
- Justices to take up battle over Trump financial documents (Amy Howe, December 13, 2019)
- Trump asks justices to block bank subpoenas (UPDATED) (Amy Howe, December 6, 2019)
- Cases and controversies: Congress, the subpoena power and a "legislative purpose" (Amy Howe, July 24, 2019)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 12/06/2019 | Application (19A640) to recall and stay mandate pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Ginsburg. |
| 12/06/2019 | UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicants, IT IS ORDERED that the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, case No. 19-1540, issued December 3, 2019, is hereby recalled and stayed until 5 p.m. on December 13, 2019. It is further ordered that a response be filed on or before December 11, 2019, by 11 a.m. |
| 12/11/2019 | Response to application from respondents Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives, et al. filed. |
| 12/12/2019 | Reply of applicants Trump, Donald J., et al. filed. |
| 12/13/2019 | Application (19A640) referred to the Court. |
| 12/13/2019 | Application (19A640) granted by the Court. |
| 12/13/2019 | The application (19A640) for stay presented to Justice Ginsburg and by her referred to the Court is granted, and it is ordered that the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, case No. 19-1540, is hereby stayed pending further order of the Court. In addition, the application is treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-715 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. The cases will be set for argument in the March 2020 argument session. |