Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co.
Case Date: 07/22/1966
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FTC v. Dean Foods Co, 384 U.S. 597 (1966), is a 1966 decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may sue in federal court to obtain a preliminary injunction to maintain the status quo against the consummation of a merger if the agency persuasively contend it to violate the antitrust laws. More broadly, the Dean Foods' case stands for the proposition that a federal agency may, by invoking the "All Writs Act," seek equitable relief in federal court against a person's threatened action that will substantially interfere with the agency's performance of its statutory duty and thus adversely affect the relevant court's ability to review the agency's ultimate order with respect to the threatened action.
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