Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

Atlas Roofing Company, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 430 U.S. 442 (1977), was a United States Supreme Court decision in administrative law.

In 1970, the US Congress enacted the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which required employers to maintain safe working conditions, in response to common law negligence and wrongful death claims failing to fully protect American workers.

Furthermore, an employer could seek judicial review of the OSHRC's decision from their court of appeals, but they would only receive a reassessment of questions of law.

However, the Fifth Circuit ruled that "jury trials would be incompatible with the whole concept of administrative adjudication," leading Atlas Roofing to appeal its case to the Supreme Court.

[5] In the 2024 case SEC v. Jarkesy, the Supreme Court ruled that the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act's delegation of securities fraud enforcement to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s administrative courts violated the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.