Legal Opinion
Decker v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 6, 1949No. 9625PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROCTOR, Circuit Judge.
This case is here for review of a proceeding before the Federal Trade Commission, resulting in a cease and desist order against petitioners, who were charged with unfair and deceptive acts and practices in commerce, in violation of" Section 45 of Title 15 United States Code, annotated. '
Petitioners hold a patent to a device bearing the trade name Vacudex, which they were selling in interstate commerce. In their advertising ■ they represented that Vacudex, when attached to the exhaust -mechanism of automobiles, saved gasoline and oil; increased the power of the motor;…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by8 opinions
- American Cyanamid Co. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Mrs. W. B. Wood, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
- Reynolds v. EmausDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1949
- Waltham Precision Instrument Company, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
- Kenyon v. Automatic Instrument Co.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1950
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