No. 22-859
Securities and Exchange Commission v. George R. Jarkesy, Jr., et al.
Tags: administrative-enforcement administrative-law article-ii civil-penalties civil-rights due-process enforcement nondelegation-doctrine sec-proceedings securities seventh-amendment
Latest Conference:
2023-06-29
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether statutory provisions that empower the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to initiate
and adjudicate administrative enforcement proceedings
seeking civil penalties violate the Seventh Amendment.
2. Whether statutory provisions that authorize the
SEC to choose to enforce the securities laws through an
agency adjudication instead of filing a district court action violate the nondelegation doctrine.
3. Whether Congress violated Article II by granting
for-cause removal protection to administrative law
judges in agencies whose heads enjoy for-cause removal
protection.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether statutory provisions that empower the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to initiate and adjudicate administrative enforcement proceedings seeking civil penalties violate the Seventh Amendment
Docket Entries
2024-07-29
Judgment Issued.
2024-06-27
Judgment is AFFIRMED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined.
2023-11-29
Argued. For petitioner: Brian H. Fletcher, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: S. Michael McColloch, Dallas, Tex.
2023-11-13
Reply of petitioner Securites and Exchange Commission filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-30
Motion of Administrative Law Scholars for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED.
2023-10-25
Electronic record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
2023-10-19
CIRCULATED
2023-10-18
Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia and 17 Other States filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amicus curiae of Energy Transfer LP filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amicus curiae of Pioneer Public Interest Law Center filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amici curiae of The Institute for Justice, Sun Valley Orchards, LLC, Procraft Masonry, LLC, and C.S. Lawn & Landscape, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amicus curiae of TotalEnergies Gas & Power North America, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amicus curiae of Independent Women's Law Center filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amici curiae of American Bankers Association, American Association of Bank Directors, and Bank Policy Institute filed. ( Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the National Federation of Independent Small Business Legal Center, Inc., and Business Roundtable filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Originalists Edwin Meese III, Steven G. Calabresi, and Garry S. Lawson filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amici curiae of CTIA-The Wireless Association, USTelecom-The Broadband Association, and Competitive Carriers Association filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amicus curiae of David Julian filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amicus curiae of America First Policy Institute filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-18
Brief amici curiae of Phillip Goldstein, Nelson Obus, Mark Cuban, Elon Musk, Manouch Moshayedi, and Investor Choice Advocates Network filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-17
Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
2023-10-17
Brief amicus curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute filed.
2023-10-16
Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
2023-10-13
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
2023-10-12
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 29, 2023.
2023-10-11
Brief of respondents George R. Jarkesy, Jr., et al. filed.
2023-10-04
Brief amicus curiae of Morris & Dickson (Oct. 10, 2023) filed.
2023-09-26
Motion of Administrative Law Scholars for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.
2023-09-05
Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed.
2023-09-05
Brief amicus curiae of Jed H. Shugerman filed.
2023-09-05
Brief amicus curiae of Association of Administrative Law Judges filed.
2023-09-05
Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
2023-09-05
Brief amicus curiae of The North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. filed.
2023-09-05
Brief amicus curiae of National Treasury Employees Union filed.
2023-09-05
Brief amici curiae of Professors John M. Golden and Thomas H. Lee filed.
2023-09-01
Brief amicus curiae of Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference filed.
2023-09-01
Brief amici curiae of Administrative Law Scholars (Sept. 12, 2023) filed.
2023-08-28
Brief amicus curiae of Forum of United States Administrative Law Judges in support of neither party filed.
2023-08-28
Brief of petitioner Securites and Exchange Commission filed.
2023-08-22
Brief amicus curiae of Anthony Michael Sabino filed.
2023-08-22
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Ilan Wurman in support of neither party filed.
2023-08-21
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
2023-07-26
Application for leave to file briefs on the merits in excess of the word limits (23A55) granted by Justice Alito provided that the opening and response briefs do not exceed 18,000 words each, and that the reply brief does not exceed 8,000 words.
2023-07-20
Brief amicus curiae of Andrew N. Vollmer in support of neither party filed.
2023-07-19
Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 28, 2023. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 11, 2023.
2023-07-18
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Securites and Exchange Commission.
2023-07-17
Application (23A55) for leave to file briefs on the merits in excess of the word limits, submitted to Justice Alito.
2023-07-17
Motion for an extension of time within which to file the briefs on the merits filed.
2023-06-30
Petition GRANTED.
2023-06-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2023.
2023-06-06
Reply of petitioner Securites and Exchange Commission filed. (Distributed)
2023-06-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-05-23
Brief of respondents George R. Jarkesy, Jr., et al. in opposition filed.
2023-05-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part, and the time is extended to and including May 23, 2023, for all respondents.
2023-04-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 10, 2023 to June 9, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-03-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 10, 2023.
2023-03-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 10, 2023 to May 10, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-03-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 10, 2023)
2023-01-30
Application (22A596) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 20, 2023.
2023-01-26
Application (22A596) to extend further the time from February 17, 2023 to March 20, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
2023-01-06
Application (22A596) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 17, 2023.
2023-01-05
Application (22A596) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 19, 2023 to February 17, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Administrative Law Scholars
Alan B. Morrison — George Washington Law School, Amicus
Advancing American Freedom, Inc.
America First Policy Institute
Richard Polk Lawson — Gardner Brewer Hudson, Amicus
American Bankers Association, American Association of Bank Directors, and Bank Policy Institute
Manuel G. Berrelez — Vinson and Elkins LLP, Amicus
American Bar Association
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Andrew N. Vollmer
Anthony Michael Sabino
Anthony Michael Sabino — Sabino & Sabino, P.C., Amicus
Association of Administrative Law Judges
Hyland Hunt — Deutsch Hunt, PLLC, Amicus
Atlantic Legal Foundation
Lawrence S. Ebner — Atlantic Legal Foundation, Amicus
Cato Institute
Anastasia Paulinna Boden — Cato Institute, Amicus
Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the National Federation of Independent Small Business Legal Center, Inc., and Business Roundtable
Steven Andrew Engel — Dechert LLP, Amicus
Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Constitutional Originalists Edwin Meese III, Steven G. Calabresi, and Garry S. Lawson
Amit Ramnik Vora — Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, Amicus
CTIA-The Wireless Association, USTelecom-The Broadband Association, and Competitive Carriers Association
Thomas Michael Johnson Jr. — Wiley Rein LLP, Amicus
David Julian
Matthew Theodore Martens — WilmerHale, Amicus
Energy Transfer LP
William S. Scherman — Vinson & Elkins, Amicus
Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference
Ronald William Chapman II — Chapman Law Group, Amicus
FORUM of United States Administrative Law Judges
George R. Jarkesy, Jr., et al.
Sidney Michael McColloch — S. Michael McColloch, PLLC, Respondent
Karen Lundskow Cook — Karen Cook, PLLC, Respondent
Independent Women's Law Center
Gene Clayton Schaerr — Schaerr | Jaffe, Amicus
Kathryn Elizabeth Tarbert — Schaerr Jaffe LLP, Amicus
Jed H. Shugerman
Liberty Justice Center
Loren Ariela Seehase — Liberty Justice Center, Amicus
Morris & Dickson
Hashim M. Mooppan — Jones Day, Amicus
National Treasury Employees Union
Julie Marie Wilson — Amicus
New Civil Liberties Alliance
Phillip Goldstein, Nelson Obus, Mark Cuban, Elon Musk, Manouch Moshayedi, and Investor Choice Advocates Network
Nicolas Morgan — Paul Hastings LLP, Amicus
Pioneer Public Interest Law Center
Ashley C. Parrish — King & Spalding LLP, Amicus
Professor Ilan Wurman
Professors John M. Golden and Thomas H. Lee
Thomas H. Lee — Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, Amicus
Public Citizen
Securites and Exchange Commission
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Petitioner
State of West Virginia and 17 Other States
The Institute for Justice, Sun Valley Orchards, LLC, Procraft Masonry, LLC, and C.S. Lawn & Landscape, Inc.
Robert Everett Johnson — Institute for Justice, Amicus
The North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.
TotalEnergies Gas & Power North America, Inc.
Jeremy Charles Marwell — Vinson & Elkins LLP, Amicus
Washington Legal Foundation