Jury-Trial-Rights

SCOTUS limits SEC use of in-house tribunals for civil penalties (SEC v. Jarkesy)

| Importance: 6/10

In a 6-3 decision on June 27, 2024, the Court held the Seventh Amendment requires jury trials when the SEC seeks civil penalties for securities fraud, ending the agency’s use of in-house administrative law judge proceedings for such cases. Chief Justice Roberts’ majority opinion found …

Supreme Court of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chief Justice John Roberts (majority opinion) Justice Neil Gorsuch (concurring) Justice Clarence Thomas (concurring) +4 more administrative-law courts enforcement seventh-amendment jury-trial-rights +3 more
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