FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. (1960)

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC.
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1960
Decided: June 20, 1960
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1960. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1960.

In a 9-0 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: Federal Trade Commission
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Brewery, distillery
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 363 U.S. 536
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Earl Warren

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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