(March 2, 2020, 9:33 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defendants in a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action stemming from an alleged investment scheme involving the sale of unregistered offerings of oil and gas limited partnership interests asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 3 to hold their petition for a writ of certiorari pending the ruling in a substantially similar action currently pending in the Supreme Court (Team Resources Inc., et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, No. 19-978, U.S. Sup., 2020 U.S. S. Ct. BRIEFS LEXIS 420)....