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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY

Term: 1922
Important Dates
Argued: November 17, 1922
Decided: January 8, 1923
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • William Howard Taft

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 8, 1923. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1922.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third 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: Publisher, publishing company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 260 U.S. 568
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: James Clark McReynolds

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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