AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC

AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 13, 2021 Decided April 22, 2021
Full case name	AMG Capital Management, LLC, et al., v. Federal Trade Commission
Docket no.	19-508
Citations	593 U.S. ___ (more) 141 S. Ct. 1341 209 L. Ed. 2d 361
Case history
Prior	Motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part, FTC v. AMG Services, Inc., 29 F. Supp. 3d 1338 (D. Nev. 2014) Affirmed, FTC v. AMG Capital Management, LLC, 910 F.3d 417 (9th Cir. 2018) Cert. granted, 141 S. Ct. 194 (2020)
Holding
Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act does not authorize the Commission to seek or a court to award equitable monetary relief such as restitution or disgorgement.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinion
Majority	Breyer, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Federal Trade Commission Act

AMG Capital Management, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, 593 U.S. ___ (2021), was a U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with the ability of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to seek monetary relief for restitution or disgorgement from those that it found in violation of trade practices. The Court ruled unanimously that the FTC had misused its authority granted by the Federal Trade Commission Act under Section 13(b) to obtain monetary relief.