NC BD. OF DENTAL EXAMINERS v. FTC (2015) - Ballotpedia

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NC BD. OF DENTAL EXAMINERS v. FTC

Term: 2014
Important Dates
Argued: October 14, 2014
Decided: February 25, 2015
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

NC BD. OF DENTAL EXAMINERS v. FTC is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 2015. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 2014.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: North Carolina
Respondent type: Federal Trade Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 574 U.S. 494
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

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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