section-13(b)

3 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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…
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.