Legal Opinion
Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Pantron I Corporation, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 25, 1994No. 92-56228, 92-56292PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated appeals require us to decide a previously unresolved question of federal consumer protection law: Whether it is lawful for a seller to represent a product as “effective” when its efficacy results solely from a “placebo effect.” 1 We conclude that the answer is no and that the representation constitutes a “false advertisement” under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
The Federal Trade Commission, Pantron I Corporation, and Hal Z. Lederman appeal separate parts of the district court’s order which enjoined Pantron and Lederman (Pan-tron’s president and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Federal Trade Commission v. Amy Travel Service, Inc., Resort Performance, Inc., Resort Telemarketing, Inc., Thomas P. McCann Ii, and James F. WeilandCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Bevan v. Trustees of Penn Central Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Federal Trade Commission v. H. N. Singer, Inc., and Michael Quinlan and James Earl WeihoffCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Kraft, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by134 opinions
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