Legal Opinion
Travelers Health Association v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1959No. 15743PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
Travelers Health Association, of Omaha, Nebraska, by a petition to review, challenges the validity of a cease and desist order of the Federal Trade Commission dated December 20, 1956. The order was based upon a determination by the Commission (1) that it had jurisdiction to regulate the advertising practices of the petitioner in the promotion and sale, by mail, of insurance against disability caused by sickness, and (2) that certain of the petitioner’s practices were false, misleading and deceptive within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Prudential Insurance v. BenjaminSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. CushingSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Federal Trade Commission v. National Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Trapp v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Susan Passwaters, by Donald Passwaters, Her Father and Next Friend, and Donald Passwaters v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Federal Trade Commission v. Travelers Health Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Lester Seasongood v. K & K Insurance AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- American General Insurance v. Federal Trade CommissionDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1973
- Travelers Health Association v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
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