FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. TEXACO INC. et al. (1968)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. TEXACO INC. et al.
	Term: 1968
Important Dates
	Argued: November 13, 1968
	Decided: December 16, 1968
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
	John Harlan II
Dissenting
	Potter Stewart

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. TEXACO INC. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1968. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1968.

In an 8-1 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: 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: 393 U.S. 223
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: Hugo Black

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.