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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. PACIFIC STATES PAPER TRADE ASSOCIATION (1927)

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. PACIFIC STATES PAPER TRADE ASSOCIATION
Term: 1926
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1926
Decided: January 3, 1927
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordHarlan Fiske StoneGeorge SutherlandWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. PACIFIC STATES PAPER TRADE ASSOCIATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1927. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1926.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft 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: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 273 U.S. 52
  • 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: Pierce Butler

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 unspecifiable.

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