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← 72 F.4th 379 - SEC v. Ahmed

SEC v. Ahmed’s Empirical Analysis

2023

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
June 2026
most recently cited

Appellate journey

reviewedthe decision below (from Connecticut District Court)

Relationships

Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78U (§ 21 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 80B

Relies on Landgraf v. USI Film Products · Kansas v. Hendricks · Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. Knudson · Hudson v. United States · Smith v. Doe

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “to the one at whose expense the benefit was obtained, unless, in addition to [their] innocence, the recipient is protected because [they] gave value”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “of any unjust enrichment by the person who received such unjust enrichment as a result of”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “an innocent person who obtains a benefit through the wrongful act of a third person”
    1 later decision 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.