Constitutional Law · MBE-tested
Johnson et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission
352 U.S. 844·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
Mr. Justice Black would grant certiorari in this case to consider whether executive officers can impose penalties of the nature here without denying the constitutional guaranties of “due process of law and trial by jury” upheld by this Court in Lipke v. Lederer, 259 U. S. 557, 562.
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Opinion
No. 174.
Johnson et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Thurman Arnold and Milton V. Freeman for petitioners. Simon E. Sobeloff, then Solicitor General, Thomas G. Meeker, Arden L. Andresen and Ellwood L. Englander for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Black would grant certiorari in this case to consider whether executive officers can impose penalties of the nature here without denying the constitutional guaranties of “due process of law and trial by jury” upheld by this Court in Lipke v. Lederer, 259 U. S. 557, 562.