No. 22-215

Heslin Gallagher v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-09-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 7th-amendment absolute-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jury-trial quasi-governmental-immunity securities-exchange-commission self-regulatory-organization seventh-amendment standing
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2022-10-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether clarification is needed to resolve the conflicts among the various circuits when a Self-Regulatory Organization registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission invokes absolute immunity while engaged in its own private business

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW This case presents recurring issues regarding the proper application of absolute immunity when SelfRegulatory Organizations that are registered with the Securities Exchange Commission conduct private busi, ness. SRO absolute immunity decisions among and with, in the courts of appeals are rife with inconsistencies. “The text of the Constitution contains no explicit grant of absolute immunity from legal process ... ” Trump v. Vance, 140 S. Ct. 2412, 2434 (2020). Absolute Immunity does not appear in the Constitution or in any law passed by Congress. Congress, however, by way of James Madison said that “in suits at common law, between man and man, the trial by jury, as one of the best securities to the rights of the people, ought to remain inviolate.” 1 Annals of Cong. 435 (1789). The Questions Presented are: 1. Whether clarification is needed to resolve the conflicts among the various circuits when a SelfRegulatory Organization registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission invokes absolute immunity while engaged in its own private business. 2. Whether the Eleventh Circuit’s equivocal standard that “quasi-governmental immunity” must be “pierce[d]” prior to a jury trial, violates the Seventh | Amendment’s preservation clause. |

Docket Entries

2022-10-31
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
2022-09-20
Waiver of right of respondent Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., et al. to respond filed.
2022-09-15
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Heslin Gallagher
2022-09-01

Attorneys

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., et al.
David S. MandelMandel & Mandel LLP, Respondent
David S. MandelMandel & Mandel LLP, Respondent
Heslin Gallagher
Heslin Gallagher — Petitioner
Heslin Gallagher — Petitioner