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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. (1938)

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 1938
Decided: May 16, 1938
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1938. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1938.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
  • Petitioner: Federal Trade Commission
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 304 U.S. 257
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • 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 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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