Monday, May 16, 2022
SCOTUS Cert Grant on District Court Jurisdiction over Challenges to SEC Enforcement Proceedings: SEC v. Cochran
Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in SEC v. Cochran. Here is the question presented:
Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction to hear a suit in which the respondent in an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission administrative proceeding seeks to enjoin that proceeding, based on an alleged constitutional defect in the statutory provisions that govern the removal of the administrative law judge who will conduct the proceeding.
You can find the cert-stage briefing—and follow the merits briefs as they come in—at SCOTUSblog and at the Supreme Court website.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2022/05/scotus-cert-grant-on-district-court-jurisdiction-over-challenges-to-sec-enforcement-proceedings-sec-.html