Legal Opinion
Shell Oil Company v. Federal Trade Commission, the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1966No. 18967, 18969PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This case is one of a trilogy of cases the Federal Trade Commission brought in January 1956 against (1) Atlantic Refining Company and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (Atlantic-Goodyear), (2) Texaco (Texas) Company and Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company (Texaco-Goodrich) and (3) Shell Oil Company and Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (Shell-Firestone). In each complaint the FTC challenged the validity of a sales commission contract between the oil company and the rubber company, alleging that the contract was an unfair method of competition in violation of Section 5 of the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Federal Trade Commission v. Cement InstituteSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- International Salt Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- White Motor Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation v. Diversified Packaging CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Federal Trade Commission v. Texaco Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- G.H.I.I. v. MTS, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1983
- Wayman v. Amoco Oil Co.District Court, D. Kansas · 1996
- Ungar v. Dunkin' Donuts of America, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
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