Federal Trade Commission v. Motion Picture Advertising Service Co., Inc.

Decided February 2, 1953. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75 · 344 U.S. 392 (1953) · Cited 147 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States · 337 U.S. 293 (1949)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Cement Institute · 333 U.S. 683 (1948)
• Federal Trade Commission v. R. F. Keppel & Bro. Inc. · 291 U.S. 304 (1934)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Gratz · 253 U.S. 421 (1920)
• Nash v. United States · 229 U.S. 373 (1913)
• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · 312 U.S. 457 (1941)
• United States v. Oregon State Medical Society · 343 U.S. 326 (1952)
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · 332 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Morton Salt Co. · 334 U.S. 37 (1948)
• Tait v. Western Maryland Railway Co. · 289 U.S. 620 (1933)
• Stark v. Wickard · 321 U.S. 288 (1944)
• United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific R. · 294 U.S. 499 (1935)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Klesner · 280 U.S. 19 (1929)
• United States v. Masonite Corp. · 316 U.S. 265 (1942)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Beech-Nut Packing Co. · 257 U.S. 441 (1922)
• Jacob Siegel Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 327 U.S. 608 (1946)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Curtis Publishing Co. · 260 U.S. 568 (1923)

Cited by

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

• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. · 380 U.S. 374 (1965)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. United States · 371 U.S. 296 (1963)
• Atlantic Refining Co. v. Federal Trade Commission · 381 U.S. 357 (1965)

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