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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY (1923)

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY |
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Term: 1922 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 8, 1923 |
Decided: April 9, 1923 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1923. The case was argued before the court on March 8, 1923.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh 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.
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: Wholesale trade
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 261 U.S. 463
- 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: James Clark McReynolds
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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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