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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. RUBEROID CO. (1952)

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. RUBEROID CO.
Term: 1951
Important Dates
Argued: March 31, 1952
Decided: May 26, 1952
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Hugo Black
Dissenting
William Douglas

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. RUBEROID CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1952. The case was argued before the court on March 31, 1952.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson 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: Manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 343 U.S. 470
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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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