AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC
Decided April 22, 2021. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 19-508 · 593 U.S. 67 (2021) · Cited 29 times
Holding
Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act does not authorize the Commission to seek, or a court to award, equitable monetary relief such as restitution or disgorgement.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 9
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett
- Stephen G. Breyer · delivered the opinion of the Court
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Porter v. Warner Holding Co. · 328 U.S. 395 (1946)
- Mitchell v. Robert DeMario Jewelry, Inc. · 361 U.S. 288 (1960)
- Meghrig v. KFC Western, Inc. · 516 U.S. 479 (1996)
- Alexander v. Sandoval · 532 U.S. 275 (2001)
- Mertens v. Hewitt Associates · 508 U.S. 248 (1993)
- Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- United States v. Oregon State Medical Society · 343 U.S. 326 (1952)
- Monessen Southwestern Railway Co. v. Morgan · 486 U.S. 330 (1988)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. · 603 U.S. 204 (2024)
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