FTC v. Procter & Gamble Co.

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:caseTypes No. 73-1
gptkbp:citedBy 426 U.S. 677
gptkbp:controversy 1974
gptkbp:court gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
affirmed lower court's decision
majority opinion emphasized competition.
pro-competition stance
affirmed_FTC's_decision
majority_opinion_by_Justice_Douglas
gptkbp:date June 30, 1975
gptkbp:decidedBy 1975
5-4 ruling
gptkbp:economy market competition
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label FTC v. Procter & Gamble Co.
gptkbp:impact business practices
business merger strategies
gptkbp:industry consumer goods
gptkbp:influenced future antitrust cases
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Procter_&_Gamble_Co.
gptkb:Federal_Trade_Commission
gptkbp:judges Justice Harry Blackmun
Justice Blackmun's dissent
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:legal_principle anti-competitive mergers
substantial lessening of competition
merger analysis
gptkbp:legal_representation law firms
horizontal merger
gptkbp:legalStatus merger regulation
antitrust regulations
Section_7_of_the_Clayton_Act
U.S._antitrust_law
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Clayton_Act
antitrust laws
gptkbp:notableFeature consumer welfare
business competition
market structure analysis
antitrust enforcement
landmark antitrust case
business mergers
market share assessment
gptkbp:outcome merger prohibition upheld
merger was blocked
prohibition of merger
FTC's_authority_upheld
FTC's_merger_challenge_successful
gptkbp:parent_company gptkb:Federal_Trade_Commission
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:precedent gptkb:Brown_Shoe_Co._v._United_States
mergers and acquisitions
merger guidelines
gptkbp:regulatoryCompliance Federal_Trade_Commission's_powers
gptkbp:related_to monopoly
anti-competitive practices
merger control
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:United_States_v._AT&T_Inc.
gptkb:United_States_v._Philadelphia_National_Bank
FTC_v._Continental_Can_Co.
gptkbp:significance antitrust law
gptkbp:soundtrack October 1974