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GOLDSTEIN v. GALVIN

No. 12-2184.

719 F.3d 16 (2013)

Phillip GOLDSTEIN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. William F. GALVIN, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 10, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Good , with whom Philip G. Cormier and Good & Cormier were on brief, for appellant.

Pierce O. Cray , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Martha Coakley , Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

A hoary proverb teaches that large oaks from little acorns grow. That is a natural progression. This case, however, features a less natural progression: an obscure violation of a state securities regulation, not especially egregious in itself, has led to a litigation extravaganza — an extravaganza that pits a prominent hedge fund operator against a state official with broad regulatory authority over the securities industry. This appeal...

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