Holding: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit properly applied the court’s decision in Dirks v. Securities and Exchange Commission to affirm Bassam Salman’s conviction because, under Dirks, the jury could infer that Salman’s tipper personally benefited from making a gift of confidential information to a trading relative.
Judgment: Affirmed, 8-0, in an opinion by Justice Alito on December 6, 2016.
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