Legal Opinion

Gulf Oil Corporation v. Federal Trade Commission

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 12, 1945No. 11028PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEE, Circuit Judge.

After a hearing upon a complaint charging the Gulf Oil Corporation with engaging in unfair and deceptive acts and practices in interstate commerce in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 1 an order was issued by the Federal Trade Commission forbidding the use of certain statements in advertising Gulf Livestock Spray, an insecticide manufactured by the Gulf Oil Corporation and sold in interstate commerce. The case is brought here on petition by the Gulf Oil Corporation to review and set aside the Commission’s order.

The petitioner is a Pennsylvania corporation…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O'NeilSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Education SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  3. Federal Trade Commission v. Algoma Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. Florence Mfg. Co. v. J. C. Dowd & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910
  5. Federal Trade Commission v. Pacific States Paper Trade Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1927

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Diane Jeter v. Credit Bureau, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  2. Stork Restaurant, Inc. v. SahatiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948
  3. Dowling v. NADW Marketing, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1982
  4. United States v. SkillingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
  5. Golt v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986

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