No. 25-466

Ongkaruck Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-16
Status: Granted
Type: Paid
Amici (11) Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split civil-enforcement disgorgement pecuniary-harm sec-enforcement statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the SEC may seek equitable disgorgement under 15 U.S.C. 78u(d)(5) and (d)(7) without showing investors suffered pecuniary harm.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the SEC may seek equitable disgorgement under 15 U.S.C. 78u(d)(5) and (d)(7) without showing investors suffered pecuniary harm

Docket Entries

2026-04-01
Amicus brief of Better Markets, Inc. submitted.
2026-04-01
Amicus brief of Remedies and Restitution Scholars Douglas Laycock, Colleen P. Murphy, Caprice L. Roberts, Chaim Saiman, and Michael Traynor submitted.
2026-04-01
Amicus brief of Consumer Federation of America submitted.
2026-03-30
CIRCULATED
2026-03-27
Brief of Federal Respondents submitted.
2026-03-25
Brief of Federal Respondents submitted.
2026-03-25
Brief of respondent filed. (Distributed)
2026-03-20
Sealed material received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and available with the Clerk. The remainder of the record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of The Cato Institute submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Pacific Legal Foundation, Matthias O'Meara, Choice Advisors, LLC submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Chamber of Commerce submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Kalistratos Kabilafkas and Timoleon Kabilafkas submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Washington Legal Foundation submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Investor Choice Advocates Network submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of Brenda Barry, Caleb Moody, and Eric Cannon submitted.
2026-03-02
Amicus brief of California Alternative Investments Association submitted.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Investor Choice Advocates Network filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amici curiae of Kalistratos Kabilafkas, et al. filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of California Alternative Investments Association filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
2026-03-02
Brief amici curiae of Former Securities and Exchange Commission Attorneys filed.
2026-02-23
Brief of petitioner Ongkaruck Sripetch filed.
2026-02-23
Brief of Ongkaruck Sripetch submitted.
2026-02-23
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
2026-02-18
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
2026-02-11
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 20, 2026.
2026-01-27
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Ongkaruck Sripetch.
2026-01-27
Motion of Ongkaruck Sripetch to dispense with joint appendix submitted.
2026-01-09
Petition GRANTED.
2025-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-17
Brief of Federal Respondents filed.
2025-12-17
Brief for the Respondent of Federal Respondents submitted.
2025-12-17
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period of Ongkaruck Sripetch submitted.
2025-12-17
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioners.
2025-12-04
Amicus brief of Brenda Barry, Caleb Moody, and Eric Cannon submitted.
2025-11-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 17, 2025.
2025-11-17
Brief amicus curiae of Brenda Barry, et al. filed. (Corrected)
2025-11-17
Amicus brief of The Cato Institute submitted.
2025-11-17
Amicus brief of Brenda Barry, Caleb Moody, and Eric Cannon submitted.
2025-11-17
Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
2025-11-17
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
2025-11-15
Brief amicus curiae of California Alternative Investments Association filed.
2025-11-15
Amicus brief of California Alternative Investments Association submitted.
2025-11-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 17, 2025 to December 17, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-11-14
Motion of Federal Respondents for an extension of time submitted.
2025-10-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 17, 2025)

Attorneys

Better Markets, Inc.
Dominick V. FredaBetter Markets, Inc., Amicus
Brenda Barry, Caleb Moody, and Eric Cannon
Nicolas MorganInvestor Choice Advocates Network, Amicus
California Alternative Investments Association
Keri Curtis AxelWaymaker LLP, Amicus
Chamber of Commerce
Adam G. UnikowskyJenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Consumer Federation of America
Victor Edward SuthammanontKostelanetz LLP, Amicus
Federal Respondents
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Investor Choice Advocates Network
Rachel Frank QuintonQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Amicus
Kalistratos Kabilafkas and Timoleon Kabilafkas
Matthew Aaron FordFord O'Brien Landy LLP, Amicus
Ongkaruck Sripetch
Daniel L. GeyserHaynes and Boone, LLP, Petitioner
Pacific Legal Foundation, Matthias O'Meara, Choice Advisors, LLC
Oliver James DunfordPacific Legal Foundation, Amicus
Remedies and Restitution Scholars Douglas Laycock, Colleen P. Murphy, Caprice L. Roberts, Chaim Saiman, and Michael Traynor
Brianne Jenna GorodConstitutional Accountability Center, Amicus
The Cato Institute
Hampton Hunter BrutonSmith Anderson, Amicus
Washington Legal Foundation
Zac MorganWashington Legal Foundation, Amicus