Gregg Costa

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Gregg Costa
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Costa in 2014
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office
June 2, 2014 –August 31, 2022

Costa dissented in Collins v. Mnuchin (5th Cir. 2019), a ruling that struck down the Federal Housing Finance Agency as a violation of the separation of powers and was affirmed by the Supreme Court in Collins v. Yellen . Costa argued that the Court violates the separation of powers itself by ruling that Congress violated the separation of powers by creating an independent agency. [17]

Post-judicial career

In September 2022, Costa became a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ Brennan, Lisa (February 22, 2012). "Houston Prosecutor Gregg Costa Has Kept Stanford Case on Track". Main Justice. Archived from the original on February 13, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gregg Costa at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (September 8, 2011). "President Obama Nominates Gregg Jeffrey Costa to Serve on the US District Court". whitehouse.gov . Retrieved September 12, 2011– via National Archives.
  4. ↑ "Prosecutors agree to postpone Allen Stanford trial". Financial Post . Bloomberg News. January 4, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Allen Stanford, Indicted Financier, Sues Authorities". The New York Times . Bloomberg News. February 17, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford seeks release awaiting trial". The Times-Picayune . Associated Press. March 2, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Stanford Guilty in Ponzi Scheme". The Wall Street Journal . March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
  8. 1 2 3 Martin, Gary (July 19, 2011). "Obama urged to fill two federal bench vacancies in Texas". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  9. ↑ The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (September 8, 2011). "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov . Retrieved September 12, 2011– via National Archives.
  10. ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas)". United States Senate. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States Courts of Appeals". whitehouse.gov . 19 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013– via National Archives.
  12. ↑ "Nominations". United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "Executive Business Meeting" (PDF). United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture of Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit)". United States Senate. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit)". United States Senate. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  16. ↑ Raymond, Nate (13 January 2022). "5th Circuit's Costa to resign, giving Biden second vacancy to fill". Reuters.
  17. ↑ "Patrick T. Collins v. Steven T. Mnuchin" (PDF). ca5.uscourts.gov. September 6, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Former Fifth Circuit Judge Gregg Costa Joins Gibson Dunn as Co-Chair of the Global Trial Practice Group in Houston". September 7, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
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