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918 F.3d 36 · 2019

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
June 2023
most recently cited

Relationships

Applies 15 U.S.C. § 77Q (§ 17 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 77T (§ 20 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78U (§ 21 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78U (§ 21a of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 80A · 15 U.S.C. § 80B · 18 U.S.C. § 981 (§ 1366 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986)

Relies on Russello v. United States · Securities & Exchange Commission v. Manor Nursing Centers, Inc. · Stevens v. Department of Treasury · Securities & Exchange Commission v. Warde · United States v. Contorinis

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

  1. “In exercising this discretion, courts weigh (1) the egregiousness of the defendant's conduct; (2) the degree of the defendant's scienter; (3) whether the defendant's conduct created substantial losses or the risk of substantial losses to other persons; (4) whether the defendant's conduct was isolated or recurrent; and (5) whether the penalty should be reduced due to the defendant's demonstrated current and future financial condition.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Berkey
  2. “[w]hile the Haligiannis factors have been considered in several cases ... they have not been deemed an exhaustive list by this Court and are not to be taken as talismanic”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Berkey

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.