No. 25-944October Term 2025Petition Pending
Robinhood Markets, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Vinod Sodha, et al.
Robinhood asks the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit securities-law ruling about when a company can be liable under Section 11 of the Securities Act for leaving information out of materials used in a public offering.
Case status
- Current stage
- Petition Pending
- Latest event
- Petition pending
- Decision timing
- No decision timeline until the Court agrees to hear the case.
- What it's about
Robinhood asks the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit securities-law ruling about when a company can be liable under Section 11 of the Securities Act for leaving information out of materials used in a public offering. The petition argues that Section 11 does not require disclosure of every material fact and limits omission liability to specified circumstances.
Question presented
1. Whether an issuer violates Section 11(a)’s misleading-omissions prong by failing to disclose interim financial data that investors may consider material, without an inquiry into whether the omission rendered any affirmative statement misleading? 2. Whether an issuer violates Item 303—and thus Section 11(a)’s required-statements prong—by failing to disclose and quantify interim financial data before quarterly reporting deadlines?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit / Petition pending
- Area
Business and Regulation
Briefing
What it's about
Robinhood asks the Supreme Court to review when a company can be sued under Section 11 for leaving interim financial information out of public-offering materials. The dispute includes whether an omission must make a company’s own statement misleading and whether Item 303 requires interim data before quarterly reporting deadlines.
Argument
Robinhood’s petition for Supreme Court review has been submitted to Justice Kagan, and oral argument has not been scheduled. Robinhood argues that Section 11 does not require disclosure of every material fact and limits omission liability to specified circumstances.
Impact
The case could affect when companies selling shares to the public must disclose recent financial information. For example, investors who buy shares in an offering could face different limits on lawsuits over information left out of offering documents.
What is at stake in Robinhood Markets v. Sodha?
The case asks when companies must disclose interim financial data in public-offering materials. It also asks when an omission can create Section 11 liability.
Who could be affected by Robinhood Markets v. Sodha?
Companies selling stock to the public and investors buying those shares could be affected. The outcome could shape lawsuits over financial information omitted from offering documents.
What happens next in Robinhood Markets v. Sodha?
The Court may schedule further action or decide whether to hear the case. Oral argument has not been scheduled.
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Grounding
- Grounding
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- Note
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- Checked
- Sep 4, 2026
- Method
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