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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. HENRY BROCH & CO.

Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1960
Decided: June 6, 1960
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. HENRY BROCH & CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 6, 1960. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1960.

In a 5-4 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.

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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: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 363 U.S. 166
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.

See also

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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