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AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION et al. v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Term: 1981
Important Dates
Argued: January 11, 1982
Decided: March 23, 1982
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION et al. v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1982. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1982.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Connecticut U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: American Medical Association
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Trade Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 455 U.S. 676
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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