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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. SUN OIL CO. (1963)

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. SUN OIL CO.
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: November 15, 1962
Decided: January 14, 1963
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. SUN OIL CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1963. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1962.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren 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: Oil company, or natural gas producer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 371 U.S. 505
  • 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: Arthur Goldberg

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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