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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. WINSTED HOSIERY COMPANY

Term: 1921
Important Dates
Argued: March 13, 1922
Decided: April 24, 1922
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. WINSTED HOSIERY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 24, 1922. The case was argued before the court on March 13, 1922.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - federal or state consumer protection: typically under the Truth in Lending; Food, Drug and Cosmetic; and Consumer Protection Credit Acts
Petitioner: Federal Trade Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 258 U.S. 483
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: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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