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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. STANDARD OIL CO. (1958)
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| FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. STANDARD OIL CO. |
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| Term: 1957 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 14, 1957 |
| Decided: January 27, 1958 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren |
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. STANDARD OIL CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1958. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1957.
In a 5-4 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.
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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: Oil company, or natural gas producer
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 355 U.S. 396
- 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: 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 conservative.
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