Exxon Corporation v. Federal Trade Commission Kerr-Mcgee Corporation v. Federal Trade Commission Union Carbide Corporation v. Federal Trade Commission

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

Exxon appeals from the district court’s refusal to grant injunctive or declaratory relief and from its subsequent denial of a stay pending appeal. At issue is whether any protective measures should be imposed on the Federal Trade Commission (hereafter the “Commission” or the “FTC”) with respect to the divulgence to Congress of “trade secrets” obtained by it under the compulsion of a subpoena. 1 The controlling statute provides:

The [Federal Trade] Commission shall also have power—

******(f) To make public from time to time such portions of the information obtained by it…