Kokesh v. SEC’s Empirical Analysis
581 U.S. 455 · 2017
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 77A (§ 1 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 77T (§ 20 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 78A (§ 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78M (§ 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 79 (Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935) · 15 U.S.C. § 80A · 15 U.S.C. § 80A · 15 U.S.C. § 80B
Relies on Bell v. Wolfish · Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · Austin v. United States · United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · Porter v. Warner Holding Co.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[n]othing in this opinion should be interpreted as an opinion on whether courts possess authority to order disgorgement ....”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to claims for disgorgement imposed as a sanction for violating a federal securities law.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] pecuniary sanction operates as a penalty only if it is sought 'for the purpose of punishment, and to deter others from offending in like manner'-as opposed to compensating a victim for his loss.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.