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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al. v. CLAIRE FURNACE COMPANY et al. (1927)
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| FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al. v. CLAIRE FURNACE COMPANY et al. |
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| Term: 1926 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 6, 1923 |
| Decided: April 18, 1927 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 6-1 |
| Majority |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
| Dissenting |
| James Clark McReynolds |
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al. v. CLAIRE FURNACE COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1927. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1923.
In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
- Petitioner: Federal Trade Commission
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Business, corporation
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 274 U.S. 160
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft
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.
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