American Motors Corporation v. Federal Trade Commission

EDWARDS, Chief Judge.

This ease represents a constitutional attack based on the Fourth and Fifth Amendments upon a Federal Trade Commission resolution and subsequent FTC subpoenas directed to the most important American automobile companies. Plaintiffs’ complaint sought equitable relief from the United States District Court. The FTC resolution of August 6, 1976, authorized an industry-wide automobile investigation and directed the FTC staff:

To investigate the acts, practices and methods of competition of General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler Corporation and other firms…