Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cavanagh

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that a “district court order of disgorgement forces a defendant to account for all profits reaped through his [wrongful conduct] and to transfer all such money to the court, even if it exceeds actual damages to victims”
• explaining that a “district court order of disgorgement forces a defendant to account for all profits reaped through his [wrongful conduct] and to transfer all such money to the court, even if it exceeds actual damages to victims”
• “Upon awarding disgorgement, a district court may exercise its discretion to direct the money toward victim compensation . . . .”
• “Upon awarding disgorgement, a district court may exercise its discretion to direct the money toward victim compensation....”
• disgorgement’s “emphasis on public protection, as opposed to simple compensatory relief, illustrates the equitable nature of the remedy”
• disgorgement’s “emphasis on public protection, as opposed to simple compensatory relief, illustrates the equitable nature of the remedy”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).