Federated Nationwide Wholesalers Service v. Federal Trade Commission

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This is a petition to review a decision of the Federal Trade Commission in *255which the petitioners, who sell items of general merchandise to consumers and retail stores through mail-order catalogs, were found to have engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices by advertising their business as a wholesale operation and by offering goods for sale at what they termed wholesale prices. We hold that the findings of the Commission are supported by substantial evidence, and affirm its decision, but grant enforcement subject to certain modifications in its order.

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