Shared repayment of illegal profits
Kelln v. Securities and Exchange Commission
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Courtney Kelln asks the Supreme Court to review an order making her and other individuals responsible for returning money to the SEC, even though the district court found no evidence that the individuals received the funds.
- What's at stake
- The dispute is whether Kelln and the other individuals may be required to return funds when the district court found no evidence they received them.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Her petition was distributed for a Supreme Court conference, but that step is not a decision to hear the case.
Kelln's petition asks the Court to consider whether the order fits factors the Supreme Court identified in Liu v. SEC (2020).
Question presented
Whether a district court, having found that the evidence does not demonstrate receipt of funds by individual defendants, can nonetheless impose joint-and-several disgorgement based solely on “concerted wrongdoing,” notwithstanding the strong presumption against joint-and-several liability and the absence of any of the relevant factors this Court identified in Liu v. SEC, 591 U.S. 71 (2020).
What happens next
The petition was placed on the Court's Dec. 4, 2026, conference list. The Court must decide whether to hear it; that listing does not guarantee review or an order date, and argument is not scheduled.
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- What does Kelln argue?
- She says the order relied only on “concerted wrongdoing” even though the district court found no evidence the individuals received the funds and, she argues, the factors identified in Liu v. SEC were absent.
Sources
Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.