FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. SUPERIOR COURT TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION et al. (1990)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. SUPERIOR COURT TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION et al.
	Term: 1989
Important Dates
	Argued: October 30, 1989
	Decided: January 22, 1990
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. SUPERIOR COURT TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1990. The case was argued before the court on October 30, 1989.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - protest demonstrations (other than as pertains to sit-in demonstrations): demonstrations and other forms of protest based on First Amendment guarantees
Petitioner: Federal Trade Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 493 U.S. 411
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.