Clayton Mark & Co. v. Fed. Trade Comm'n

• Docket Number: 464.,SCDB 1948-146
• Decision Date: 25 April 1949
• Parties: CLAYTON MARK & CO. ET AL. v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.
• Court: U.S. Supreme Court

336 U.S. 956
93 L. Ed. 2d 1110
69 S. Ct. 888
1949 U.S. LEXIS 3081

CLAYTON MARK & CO. ET AL.
v.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

No. 464.
SCDB 1948-146

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued March 31, 1949
Decided April 25, 1949

Per Curiam Decisions.

Per Curiam:

The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court. MR. JUSTICE JACKSON took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

Albert R. Connelly argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Thurlow M. Gordon, Edward H. Green, Earl F. Reed, W. Denning Stewart and Milton H. Tucker. Charles H. Weston argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Bergson, W. T. Kelley, Robert B. Dawkins and Walter B. Wooden. Julius Henry Cohen, Burton A. Zorn and Edwin P. Kaufman filed a brief for the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.