HILL v. S.E.C.

No. 15-12831, No. 15-13738.

825 F.3d 1236 (2016)

Charles L. HILL, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellant. Gray Financial Group, Inc., Laurence O. Gray, Robert C. Hubbard, IV, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Hudson , Akash Desai , Hillary Dawn Rightler , Joshua Cole Hess , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee Charles L. Hill, Jr.

Terry R. Weiss , Kathryn S. Gostinger , Ernest L. Greer , Michael James King , Greenberg Traurig, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Gray Financial Group, Inc., Laurence O. Gray, Robert C. Hubbard, IV.

Mark B. Stern , Megan Barbero , Matthew J. Berns , Mark R. Freeman , Adam Grogg , Jean Lin , Steven A. Myers , Jennifer Ricketts , Susan K. Rudy , Justin M. Sandberg , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, John Andrew Horn , Lawrence R. Sommerfeld , U.S. Attorney's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Stephen Andrew Best , Alex Lipman , Justin S. Weddle , Brown Rudnick LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, JILL PRYOR and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


Congress authorized the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or the "Commission") to bring civil actions to enforce violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Commission is empowered to bring such an action either in federal district court or...

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