General Finance Corporation, Postal Finance Company, and Barclaysamericancorporation v. Federal Trade Commission

How courts have described this case

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• concluding Leedom did not provide an exception to the final agency action rule in the matter under review because, in part, “it is uncertain whether the [FTC] exceeded its authority”
• FTC not acting in brazen defiance of statute where it uncertain whether Commission exceeded authority and where Commission did not flout clear legislative directive
• FTC not acting in brazen defiance of statute where it uncertain whether Commission exceeded authority and where Commission did not flout clear legislative directive
• “You may not bypass the specific method that Congress has provided for reviewing adverse agency action simply by suing the agency in federal district court….”
• “The jurisdiction of the federal courts to review administrative action is codified in the Administrative Procedure Act.”
• plaintiffs have an alternative remedy in the FTC enforcement action by successfully defending themselves and therefore cannot rely on general jurisdictional statutes

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).