federal-trade-commission

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A264 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, et al. District of Columbia 2025-09-04 Presumed Complete Amici (4) administrative-agency article-ii executive-power federal-trade-commission presidential-removal separation-of-powers Question not identified.
25-129 Day Pacer LLC, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Seventh Circuit 2025-08-04 Denied Response Waived civil-monetary-penalties do-not-call-registry federal-trade-commission outbound-telephone-call regulatory-definition telemarketing-sales-rule Whether a telephone call by a telemarketer that is not initiated to induce the purchase of goods or services or solicit a charitable contribution is a…
24-564 QYK Brands LLC, dba Glowyy v. Federal Trade Commission Ninth Circuit 2024-11-20 Denied administrative-law agency-deference chevron-doctrine federal-trade-commission judicial-review summary-judgment In Loper Light Enterprises v. Raimondo, 144 S. Ct. 2244 (2024), this Court overturned one of the foundational tenets of administrative law: a common l…
24-465 Texas, et al. v. Jerry Black, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-24 GVR Relisted (3) administrative-law constitutional-authority federal-trade-commission legislative-delegation private-rulemaking separation-of-powers In 2020, Congress enacted the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) to, for the first time, federally regulate the horseracing industry. 15 U.S.…
24-429 Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-16 GVR Relisted (3) administrative-law federal-trade-commission horseracing-regulation nondelegation-doctrine private-enforcement statutory-interpretation Whether the enforcement provisions of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020, 15 U.S.C. 3051 et seq.—which allow the Horseracing Integrity a…
24-420 Bill H. Walmsley, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-10-15 GVR Amici (3)Relisted (4) administrative-law constitutional-challenge delegation-of-power federal-trade-commission private-enforcement rulemaking-authority The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 3051-3060, delegates broad enforcement powers over regulated parties in the horseracing industr…
23-1206 Elite IT Partners, Inc., dba Elite IT Home, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Tenth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied change-in-law civil-procedure consent-judgment decisional-law equitable-monetary-relief equitable-relief federal-trade-commission injunctive-relief rule-60(b)(6) In 2019 the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint under seal and obtained an ex parte temporary restraining order against Petitioners —a (now-shu…
23-853 Credit Bureau Center, LLC, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Seventh Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied disgorgement equitable-monetary-relief federal-trade-commission restitution section-13(b) section-19 Whether Section 19 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 57b(b), which prohibits the award of "any exemplary or punitive damages," empowers the Commission to se…
23A699 Credit Bureau Center, LLC, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Seventh Circuit 2024-01-29 Presumed Complete administrative-enforcement due-process federal-trade-commission ftc-act monetary-penalties statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-704 Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-29 Denied civil-contempt civil-procedure contempt decisional-law equitable-remedies federal-trade-commission ftc-act permanent-injunction rule-60(b)(6) sanctions Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b), permits the Commission to obtain a "permanent injunction" in court to stop viola…
23-511 Terrence R. Bell v. Sun West Mortgage Company, Inc. Texas 2023-11-14 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation consumer-protection due-process equal-protection federal-trade-commission property-rights standing 1. Whether the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, erred in its interpretation and application of Amendment XIV, Section 1 of the United States Constitutio…
23-402 Oklahoma, et al. v. United States, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-10-17 Rehearing Amici (5)Relisted (6) administrative-law anti-commandeering federal-rulemaking federal-trade-commission horseracing-industry non-delegation-doctrine private-non-delegation regulatory-power state-funding state-taxation The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020, 15 U.S.C. §§ 3051–3060, delegates federal rulemaking power to a private corporation—the Horseracing …
21-86 Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-22 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (9) administrative-law constitutional-challenge constitutional-law federal-courts federal-trade-commission judicial-review jurisdiction removal-protections separation-of-powers After petitioner acquired an essentially insolvent competitor, it found itself subjected to the review of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), rather t…
20-80 Diane S. Blodgett, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-07-28 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights contract-rights due-process federal-trade-commission fifth-amendment ftc-act pleading-stage rule-60(b) standing takings takings-clause I. Did the court of appeals err in this FTC Act Sect. 13(b) case in failing to apply Rule 60(b) at the pleading stage, by not analyzing the Motion and…
19-1445 Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions dietary-supplements due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-trade-commission injunction injunction-specificity waiver-doctrine I. Can the FTC unilaterally reinterpret an injunction years after its entry to seek contempt sanctions based on a more restrictive standard found nowh…
19-988 Living Essentials, LLC, et al. v. Washington Washington 2020-02-06 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) central-hudson commercial-speech consumer-protection false-advertising federal-trade-commission first-amendment free-speech prior-substantiation substantiation-doctrine washington-state-law Whether the prior substantiation doctrine violates the First Amendment.
19-914 Credit Bureau Center, LLC, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Seventh Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied Relisted (5) administrative-law consumer-protection consumer-redress enforcement-scheme federal-trade-commission ftc ftc-authority injunctive-relief permanent-injunction section-13(b) section-19 statutory-interpretation Whether Section 13(b)'s second proviso providing that the FTC "may seek" a permanent injunction is an independent grant of authority to "file suit" se…
19-825 Federal Trade Commission v. Credit Bureau Center, LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-31 Granted Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (6) circuit-split district-court enforcement-authority federal-trade-commission federal-trade-commission-act injunction permanent-injunction restitution section-13(b) statutory-interpretation Whether Section 13(b) authorizes district courts to enter an injunction that orders the return of unlawfully obtained funds.
19-508 AMG Capital Management, LLC, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Ninth Circuit 2019-10-21 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (6) administrative-law circuit-split federal-trade-commission federal-trade-commission-act injunctions injunctive-relief monetary-relief permanent-injunction preliminary-injunction restitution statutory-construction statutory-interpretation unfair-or-deceptive-acts Whether § 13(b) of the Act, by authorizing "injunction[s]," also authorizes the Commission to demand monetary relief such as restitution—and if so, th…
18-9271 Eteri Kholost, et al. v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al. Second Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP consumer-reporting-agency due-process fair-credit-reporting-act federal-trade-commission interstate-litigation national-security reseller standing statutory-interpretation Must Real Page, Inc., in interests of national security define itself as a Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA) and be responsible in that number under Fai…
18-1012 Patrick Lafferty, et ux. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. California 2019-02-04 Denied attorney-fees california-consumers-legal-remedies-act consumer-legal-remedies-act consumer-protection consumer-protection-act federal-trade-commission holder-rule implied-cause-of-action preemption private-cause-of-action private-right-of-action unfair-or-deceptive-acts 1. Whether the "Holder Rule" as discerned by the California Third District Court of Appeal implies a new private cause of action? 2. Whether the "Hol…
18-722 Soundboard Association v. Federal Trade Commission District of Columbia 2018-12-06 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (4) administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking arbitrary-and-capricious chilled-speech chilling-effect federal-trade-commission judicial-review protected-speech rulemaking staff-advisory-opinion Do Petitioners have a right to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act of a Federal Trade Commission staff advisory opinion that effect…