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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. CONSOLIDATED FOODS CORP. (1965)

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. CONSOLIDATED FOODS CORP.
Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: March 10, 1965
Decided: April 28, 1965
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanTom ClarkWilliam DouglasArthur GoldbergEarl WarrenByron White
Concurring
John Harlan IIPotter Stewart

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. CONSOLIDATED FOODS CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1965. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1965.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 380 U.S. 592
  • 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: William Douglas

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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