No. 21-891

Benjamin Wey, et al. v. NASDAQ, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2021-12-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: absolute-immunity commercial-interests false-reporting federal-law-enforcement nasdaq-conduct non-existent-rule regulatory-function regulatory-functions securities-rule self-regulatory-organization self-regulatory-organizations
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does absolute immunity attach to actions taken by Nasdaq consisting of fabricating a non-existent securities rule; knowingly falsely reporting Petitioner's 'violation' of that non-existent rule to federal law enforcement authorities for prosecution even though the Petitioner was neither a member of Nasdaq nor subject to its jurisdictional reach; and doing so to improperly importune Petitioner's prosecution and promote its own commercial interests?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Under federal common law, Nasdaq and other selfregulatory organizations (SRO’s) enjoy absolute immunity from suit when exercising their regulatory functions, but they do not have absolute immunity when their conduct is not an exercise of their regulatory functions. Question presented: Does absolute immunity attach to actions taken by Nasdaq consisting of fabricating a non-existent securities rule; knowingly falsely reporting Petitioner’s “violation” of that nonexistent rule to federal law enforcement authorities for prosecution even though the Petitioner was neither a member of Nasdaq nor subject to its jurisdictional reach; and doing so to improperly importune Petitioner's prosecution and promote its own commercial interests?

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-10
Waiver of right of respondent NASDAQ, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
2021-12-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Benjamin Wey
David Henry TennantLaw Office of David Tennant PLLC, Petitioner
David Henry TennantLaw Office of David Tennant PLLC, Petitioner
NASDAQ, Inc., et al.
Amir Cameron TayraniGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Respondent
Amir Cameron TayraniGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Respondent