Legal Opinion
Removatron International Corporation and Frederick E. Goodman v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 11, 1989No. 88-2245PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners, Removatron International Corporation (Removatron) and Frederick E. Goodman, seek review of the Federal Trade Commission’s 1 cease and desist order and decision which found the advertising of Re-movatron’s epilator machine to be deceptive. The FTC defends the Commission’s decision and order and requests that we issue an injunction pendente lite. For the reasons set forth below, we deny the petition for review and issue the injunction.
I. FACTS
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