Legal Opinion
Biddle Purchasing Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 2, 1938No. 205PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
Complaint was issued by the Federal Trade Commission, charging petitioners with violating the provisions of the Clayton Act as amended by section 2(c) of the Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 13(c). Petitioner Biddle Purchasing Company is in the brokerage business as herein described. Some of the petitioners are buyers, while others are sellers of commodities bought and sold in interstate commerce through the Biddle Company as brokers. The sellers were charged with unlawfully paying brokerage fees to the Biddle Company for the use of buyers of 'the…
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