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Why the ruling was initially under wraps
On September 30, 2024, U.S. District Judge John H. Chun granted in part and denied in part Amazon’s motion to dismiss the FTC and states’ e-commerce antitrust suit. The order was provisionally filed under seal while the parties considered redactions. It directed them to submit a joint statement on proposed redactions by October 14, 2024. GeekWire’s October 1 report described the uncertainty at the time; the order was made public on October 7.
What Amazon won—and what it did not
After the order was unsealed, GeekWire reported that every FTC claim survived the dismissal motion, while some claims brought by states were dismissed. Most allegations could proceed. In that sense, Amazon won only a relatively slim procedural victory; the ruling did not end the FTC’s case.
The case is Federal Trade Commission et al. v. Amazon.com, Inc., civil action 2:23-cv-01495 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The FTC’s case page lists the FTC, 18 state attorneys general, and Puerto Rico as plaintiffs. Its redacted second amended complaint was filed October 31, 2024. The FTC’s case page provides the filing record.
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What the lawsuit alleges
The plaintiffs allege that Amazon used interconnected anticompetitive and unfair strategies to maintain monopoly power in e-commerce. They say the conduct stopped rivals and sellers from lowering prices, reduced shopper choice and quality, overcharged sellers, stifled innovation, and blocked fair competition. The complaint invokes Section 5(a) of the FTC Act, Section 2 of the Sherman Act, and state competition and consumer-protection laws.
These are allegations, not findings that Amazon engaged in the conduct or violated the law. A motion-to-dismiss ruling asks whether claims can proceed at that stage; it does not decide the truth of the allegations or establish liability.
How the court planned to handle liability and remedies
The court’s order separated the liability phase from remedies. A bench trial would address whether Amazon was liable under the FTC Act, the Sherman Act, and state laws implicated by the amended complaint. If the court found Amazon liable, it would schedule a conference on how to proceed with remedies. The order said that this division would not change the parties’ ability to present evidence relevant to liability, the applicable burdens, or the scope of fact discovery.
Do not confuse this with the FTC’s Prime case
The e-commerce antitrust suit is separate from the FTC’s case over Amazon Prime enrollment and cancellation. In September 2025, the FTC announced a $2.5 billion settlement in the Prime matter: $1 billion in civil penalties and $1.5 billion in consumer redress. Those figures relate to the subscription case, not the antitrust ruling discussed here. The FTC’s settlement announcement describes that separate matter.
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What the 2024 order does—and does not—tell you
The order clarified which claims could continue past Amazon’s dismissal motion. It did not determine whether Amazon ultimately violated antitrust or consumer-protection laws, and the cited sources do not establish the case’s eventual merits disposition. Its significance is procedural: the FTC’s claims remained in the case, some state claims did not, and the litigation could proceed toward a liability trial.
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