Legal Opinion
Asheville Tobacco Board of Trade, Inc., a Corporation v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1959No. 7678PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, District Judge.
This petition to review a “cease and desist” order of the Federal Trade Commission raises two principal questions: (1) whether the case is within the jurisdiction of the Commission; and (2) whether there is substantial evidence in the record considered as a whole which supports the finding of the Commission that certain regulations adopted by petitioner Asheville Tobacco Board of Trade, Inc. (Board) unreasonably and unduly restrain trade in the purchase and sale of tobacco on the Asheville market and constitute unfair methods of competition and unfair acts or practices…
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