Morrison v. Olson

487 U.S. 654·1988

What the Court Decided

Upheld the independent counsel statute's removal restrictions under a functional balancing test, rejecting the rigid categorical approach of Humphrey's Executor.

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Cited In

Trump v. Cook

2025 Term · 25A312

Justice Scalia's dissent was cited by the former Fed Governors' amicus brief and discussed by Justice Kavanaugh for its warning about the danger of giving someone unlimited resources to find wrongdoing against a target.

Trump v. Slaughter

2025 Term · 25-332

Petitioners argued it repudiated Humphrey's Executor's quasi-legislative/quasi-judicial reasoning; cited as part of the evolving and unstable framework around removal restrictions.