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AUTOMATIC CANTEEN COMPANY OF AMERICA v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (1953)

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AUTOMATIC CANTEEN COMPANY OF AMERICA v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION |
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Term: 1952 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 15, 1952 |
Decided: June 8, 1953 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
6-3 |
Majority |
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Stanley Reed |
AUTOMATIC CANTEEN COMPANY OF AMERICA v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 1953. The case was argued before the court on December 15, 1952.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
- Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Federal Trade Commission
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 346 U.S. 61
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter
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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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