California Dental Association v. Federal Trade Commission

Decided May 24, 1999. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 97-1625 · 526 U.S. 756 (1999) · Cited 202 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Indiana Federation of Dentists · 476 U.S. 447 (1986)
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 340 U.S. 474 (1951)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 504 U.S. 374 (1992)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• United States v. Loew's Inc. · 371 U.S. 38 (1962)
• Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. Moore · 487 U.S. 354 (1988)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Algoma Lumber Co. · 291 U.S. 67 (1934)
• Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. v. United States · 282 U.S. 30 (1930)
• United States v. Von's Grocery Co. · 384 U.S. 270 (1966)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• F.T.C. v. Actavis, Inc. · 570 U.S. 136 (2013)
• National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Alston · 594 U.S. 69 (2021)
• Ohio v. American Express Co. · 585 U.S. 529 (2018)
• Texaco Inc. v. Dagher · 547 U.S. 1 (2006)

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