Sun Valley Orchards to Test Article III Limits on Administrative Adjudication

Sun Valley Orchards is being argued Nov. 10 on whether immigrant farmworker contract claims may be handled by Labor Department administrative judges or belong in federal court, with the jury-trial objection central. Coverage also highlights questions from Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Thomas about the government’s rationale and the public-rights doctrine’s historical limits. Deportation proceedings are distinct; no decision has issued.