The Pillsbury Company v. Federal Trade Commission

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• holding that external pressure “focus[ing] directly and substantially upon the mental decisional processes” of an administrator in a pending case “sacrificefd] the appearance of impartiality— the sine qua non of American judicial justice”
• appearance of impartiality is the “sine qua non” of American justice
• “To subject an administrator to a searching examination as to how and why he reached his decision in a case still pending before him, and to criticize him for reaching the 'wrong' decision, ... sacrifices the appearance of impartiality — the sine qua non of American judicial justice.... ”
• congressional interference with adjudication violates due process

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