Federal Trade Commission, Petitioner v. Actavis, Inc., et al.

Decided June 17, 2013. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-416 · 570 U.S. 136 (2013) · Cited 237 times

Holding

The Eleventh Circuit erred in affrming the dismissal of the FTC's complaint.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

“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.

• United States v. Singer Manufacturing Co. · 374 U.S. 174 (1963)
• United States v. Line Material Co. · 333 U.S. 287 (1948)
• Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) v. United States · 283 U.S. 163 (1931)
• California Dental Ass'n v. Federal Trade Commission · 526 U.S. 756 (1999)
• Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp. · 382 U.S. 172 (1965)
• United States v. General Electric Co. · 272 U.S. 476 (1926)
• Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A/s · 566 U.S. 399 (2012)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Indiana Federation of Dentists · 476 U.S. 447 (1986)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 333 U.S. 364 (1948)
• Palmer v. BRG of Georgia, Inc. · 498 U.S. 46 (1990)
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · 550 U.S. 544 (2007)
• Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. · 508 U.S. 49 (1993)
• Rodriguez v. United States · 480 U.S. 522 (1987)
• Lear, Inc. v. Adkins · 395 U.S. 653 (1969)
• Verizon Communications Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis v. Trinko, LLP · 540 U.S. 398 (2004)
• Simpson v. Union Oil Co. of Cal. · 377 U.S. 13 (1964)
• Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. Linkline Communications, Inc. · 555 U.S. 438 (2009)
• Eli Lilly & Co. v. Medtronic, Inc. · 496 U.S. 661 (1990)
• Dawson Chemical Co. v. Rohm & Haas Co. · 448 U.S. 176 (1980)

Cited by

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

• Commil United States, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc. · 575 U.S. 632 (2015)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2013). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).