No. 20-1652

Meghan Belaski, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2021-05-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: confidential-information double-jeopardy fifth-amendment intellectual-property related-action securities-exchange-commission securities-law takings-clause whistleblower whistleblower-award
Key Terms:
Takings
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do the statutory rules of the SEC violate the Double Jeopardy Clause and Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment?

Question Presented (from Petition)

Questions Presented Do the statutory rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in order to qualify for whistleblower award, violate the Double Jeopardy Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by requiring a whistleblower to first qualify for a covered-action before they are eligible for a related-action in which the same materials are required to be used in both instances before a whistleblower is eligible for a related-action award, and when confidential, non-public, personal whistleblower information considered private intellectual property borne out of independent analysis, is submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (Office of the Whistleblower), and is given to another federal entity by the Securities and Exchange Commission (Office of the Whistleblower), and used to garnish a massive civil settlement for the public good, but fails to provide just compensation to the whistleblower in a related-action award because they didn’t first qualify for a covered-action award, do the statutory requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission violate the Double Jeopardy and Takings Clause in the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? i

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-25
Supplemental brief of petitioners Meghan Belaski, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2021-06-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-21
Waiver of right of respondent SEC to respond filed.
2021-06-10
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Meghan Belaski, et al.
2021-05-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 25, 2021)

Attorneys

Meghan Belaski, et al.
Meghan Belaski — Petitioner
Meghan Belaski — Petitioner
SEC
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent