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1958 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Federal Trade Commission v. Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc.

360 U.S. 55 · 79 S. Ct. 1005 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1911

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
406
U.S. Reports
360 U.S. 55
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 1005
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 1911

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Federal Trade Commission v. Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority

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