15 U.S.C. § 57
Section 57 · Separability clause
This is the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Association of National Advertisers, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission (1979)
Most recently applied in In re Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. Mktg. & Sales Practices & Prods. Liab. Litig. (December 2017)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
If any provision of this subchapter, or the application thereof to any person, partnership, or corporation, or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this subchapter, and the application of such provisions to any other person, partnership, corporation, or circumstance, shall not be affected thereby.