U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. James Brennan, III
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Richard Fred Suhrheinrich
- Filed
- Nov. 13, 2018
- Case
- United States v. James Brennan, III
- Case status
- Decided
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SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge. The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment protects against multiple criminal prosecutions and punishments for the same offense. Recently, the Supreme Court held that "[d]isgorgement, as it is applied in SEC enforcement proceedings, operates as a penalty under [ 28 U.S.C.] § 2462." Kokesh v. SEC , --- U.S. ----,…
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