FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. HENRY BROCH & CO. (1962) - Ballotpedia

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. HENRY BROCH & CO.

Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: November 16, 1961
Decided: January 15, 1962
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
Hugo Black
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. HENRY BROCH & CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1962. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1961.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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, 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: 368 U.S. 360
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 Brennan

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

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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