SEC v. Jarkesy

Decided June 27, 2024. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 22-859 · 603 U.S. 109 (2024) · Cited 68 times

Holding

When the Securities and Exchange Commission seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment entitles the defendant to a jury trial.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Granfinanciera, S.A. v. Nordberg · 492 U.S. 33 (1989)
• Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Comm'n · 430 U.S. 442 (1977)
• Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. v. Stranahan · 214 U.S. 320 (1909)
• Tull v. United States · 481 U.S. 412 (1987)
• Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co. · 59 U.S. 272 (1856)
• Stern v. Marshall · 564 U.S. 462 (2011)
• Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC · 584 U.S. 325 (2018)
• Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · 458 U.S. 50 (1982)
• Parsons v. Bedford, Breedlove, & Robeson · 28 U.S. 433 (1830)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor · 478 U.S. 833 (1986)
• Culley v. Marshall · 601 U.S. 377 (2024)
• Curtis v. Loether · 415 U.S. 189 (1974)
• Pernell v. Southall Realty · 416 U.S. 363 (1974)
• Ex Parte Bakelite Corp'n. · 279 U.S. 438 (1929)
• Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. · 473 U.S. 568 (1985)
• Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif · 575 U.S. 665 (2015)
• Crawford v. Washington · 541 U.S. 36 (2004)
• Basic Inc. v. Levinson · 485 U.S. 224 (1988)
• Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo · 544 U.S. 336 (2005)
• Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston · 459 U.S. 375 (1983)
• Helvering v. Mitchell · 303 U.S. 391 (1938)
• Dimick v. Schiedt · 293 U.S. 474 (1935)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Zandford · 535 U.S. 813 (2002)
• Groff v. DeJoy · 600 U.S. 447 (2023)
• United States v. Hansen · 599 U.S. 762 (2023)
• United States v. Arthrex, Inc. · 594 U.S. 1 (2021)
• Lloyd Sabaudo Societa Anonima Per Azioni v. Elting · 287 U.S. 329 (1932)
• Kokesh v. SEC · 581 U.S. 455 (2017)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Assn. of America, Ltd. · 601 U.S. 416 (2024)

Cited by

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• FCC v. Consumers' Research · 606 U.S. 656 (2025)

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