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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. CARTER PRODUCTS, INC.

Term: 1953
Important Dates
Decided: October 12, 1953
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed
Dissenting
William Douglas

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. CARTER PRODUCTS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 12, 1953.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated 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, Ninth Circuit.

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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: 346 U.S. 327
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
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 conservative.

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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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