Securities & Exchange Commission v. Hickey

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that “the purging of the contempt ordinarily renders the controversy moot”
• recognizing that “the purging of the contempt ordinarily renders the controversy moot”
• holding that “[d]istrict courts have broad equitable power to order appropriate relief in civil contempt proceedings” (citing McComb v. 23 Jacksonville Paper Co., 336 U.S. 187, 193 (1949)). 22 United States v. United Mine Workers of America, 330 U.S. 258, 304 (1947
• observing that ownership is a prerequisite to alter ego liability, and consequently rejecting the argument that that an individual need not own any part of a corporation for an alter ego relationship to exist
• approving an asset freeze to secure payment of a contempt sanction as within the court’s equitable powers
• upholding the district court’s exercise of jurisdiction over a corporation nominally owned by the defen- dant’s mother and into which the defendant had channeled proceeds of his securities law violations

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Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  C.D. California· 2016-11-14· cited 28×
• Buckley v. Abuzir
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-05-19· cited 25×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2003-03-07· cited 21×
• In re Packaged Seafood Prods. Antitrust Litig.
  S.D. California· 2018-09-05· cited 20×
• Sharemaster v. U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-02-02· cited 15×
• Donastorg v. Daily News Publishing Co.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-08-19· cited 15×
• U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner v. Robert Escobio
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-01-06· cited 14×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Kirkland
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-07-08· cited 4×
• Manuel De Jesus Ortega Melendres v. Russ Skinner
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-08-19· cited 3×
• Garcia v. Batcheler (In re Batcheler)
  S.D. Florida· 2019-03-30· cited 2×
• 21st Century Financial Services, LLC v. Manchester Financial Bank
  S.D. California· 2017-06-08· cited 1×
• United States v. Hickey
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-03-08
• Sherman v. SEC
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-07-03
• SEC v. Ross
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-10-15
• Marciano Plata v. Arnold Schwarzenegger
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-03-25
• Sanders v. Turner
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2024-07-22
• FTC v. Andris Pukke
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-12-12
• Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-12-11

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co.
  Supreme Court· 1949-02-14· cited 1,180×
• Sonora Diamond Corp. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2000-08-30· cited 363×
• Mesler v. Bragg Management Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1985-08-01· cited 282×
• Peterson v. Highland Music, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-04-10· cited 226×
• Las Palmas Associates v. Las Palmas Center Associates
  California Court of Appeal· 1991-11-05· cited 186×
• Securities and Exchange Commission v. Danny O. Cherif, and Khaled Sanchou, Nominal
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-06-07· cited 185×
• Automotriz Del Golfo De California v. Resnick
  California Supreme Court· 1957-01-30· cited 176×
• Towe Antique Ford Foundation, a Nonprofit Montana Corporation v. Internal Revenue Service Department of Treasury United States of America
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-07-22· cited 113×
• Wood v. Elling Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1977-12-30· cited 101×
• Century Hotels, Crismar Corporation, Movant-Appellant v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-01-30· cited 73×
• Elmer H. Thomassen v. United States of America
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-12-30· cited 65×
• Riddle v. Leuschner
  California Supreme Court· 1959-02-11· cited 40×
• United States v. Charles W. Roth, Claimant-Appellant
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-10-15· cited 37×
• Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of U.S. Department of Labor v. Joseph P. Mazzola, Robert E. Buckley, Robert J. Costello, Etc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-05-28· cited 33×
• Securities and Exchange Commission Richard G. Shaffer, Receiver, Plaintiffs v. Elmas Trading Corporation, and James L. Attarian
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-09-29· cited 28×
• Sebastopol Meat Company, Inc., and Robert W. Singleton v. Secretary of Agriculture
  Ninth Circuit· 1971-03-25· cited 14×

Other cases named Securities & Exchange Commission v. Hickey

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Hickey
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-07-07· cited 13×