Brite Manufacturing Co. v. Federal Trade Commission

Petitioners appeal from a cease and desist order issued by the Federal Trade Commission (respondent) at the conclusion of proceedings instituted by a Commission complaint charging that petitioners, among other things, 1 failed to disclose the foreign origin of their imported watchbands. 2

Briefly stated, the facts, which we believe to be established by substantial evidence, are that petitioners import watchbands and watchband parts from various places, but mainly Japan, and perform polishing, plating and assembly operations on them in the United States. The watchbands themselves are marked, on…