No. 22-215

Heslin Gallagher v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-09-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 7th-amendment absolute-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jury-trial quasi-governmental-immunity securities-exchange-commission self-regulatory-organization seventh-amendment standing
Latest Conference: 2022-10-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether clarification is needed to resolve the conflicts among the various circuits when a Self-Regulatory Organization registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission invokes absolute immunity while engaged in its own private business.

2. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's equivocal standard that "quasi-governmental immunity" must be "pierced" prior to a jury trial, violates the Seventh Amendment's preservation clause.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether clarification is needed to resolve the conflicts among the various circuits when a Self-Regulatory Organization registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission invokes absolute immunity while engaged in its own private business

Docket Entries

2022-10-31
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
2022-09-20
Waiver of right of respondent Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., et al. to respond filed.
2022-09-15
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Heslin Gallagher
2022-09-01

Attorneys

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., et al.
David S. MandelMandel & Mandel LLP, Respondent
Heslin Gallagher
Heslin Gallagher — Petitioner