North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. the U.S. Federal Trade Commission

This document is a Supreme Court decision issued on February 25, 2015. The Supreme Court was asked to decide if state-level licensing boards are protected from antitrust allegations. The majority opinion held that “when a controlling number of the decision makers on a state licensing board are active participants in the occupation the board regulates, the board can invoke state-action immunity only if it is subject to active supervision by the state . . .