Legal Opinion
Union Circulation Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 18, 1957No. 16, Docket 23588PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners are agencies engaged in the business of selling subscriptions for magazines and periodicals by door-to-door solicitation. They were charged with engaging in unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 45(a). At the conclusion of the administrative proceedings before the Federal Trade Commission that Commission issued a cease and desist order. Petitioners bring their petition to us seeking to review this order.
The door-to-door subscription solicitation business is…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- United States v. Columbia Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by4 opinions
- J. F. Crawford v. American Title Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Dyson Conveyor Maint., Inc. v. Young & Vann Supply Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1988
- Union Circulation Company, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- J. F. Crawford v. American Title Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975