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
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 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. (I)
Docket Entries
2024-06-27
Judgment is AFFIRMED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-859new_kjfm.pdf'>opinion</a> 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.
2023-10-18
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
Advancing American Freedom, Inc.
America First Policy Institute
American Bankers Association, American Association of Bank Directors, and Bank Policy Institute
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Association of Administrative Law Judges
Atlantic Legal Foundation
Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the National Federation of Independent Small Business Legal Center, Inc., and Business Roundtable
Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Constitutional Originalists Edwin Meese III, Steven G. Calabresi, and Garry S. Lawson
CTIA-The Wireless Association, USTelecom-The Broadband Association, and Competitive Carriers Association
Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference
FORUM of United States Administrative Law Judges
George R. Jarkesy, Jr., et al.
Independent Women's Law Center
National Treasury Employees Union
New Civil Liberties Alliance
Phillip Goldstein, Nelson Obus, Mark Cuban, Elon Musk, Manouch Moshayedi, and Investor Choice Advocates Network
Pioneer Public Interest Law Center
Professors John M. Golden and Thomas H. Lee
Securites and Exchange Commission
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.
The North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.
TotalEnergies Gas & Power North America, Inc.
Washington Legal Foundation