New American Library of World Literature, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition pursuant to section 5(c) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 45(c), to obtain review of an order dated January 6, 1953, entered in a proceeding commenced' by the Commission in September 1950. The corporate petitioner is engaged in the business of publishing and selling cheap, paper-covered, pocket-sized books, practically all of which are reprints of books previously published by others. The two individual petitioners are officers of the corporation who jointly control its policies and practices. Petitioners’ reprint editions include both…