Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 28, 1952No. 11379_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Circuit 'Judge.
This is a petition to set aside a cease and desist order of the Federal Trade Commission. 52 Stat.- 111-113, 15 U.S.C.A. § 45.
Petitioners’ business consists largely though not entirely of locating delinquent debtors, and getting information from them, by what is called a mail “skip tracer”. The debtors and also petitioners’ customers are located throughout the United States.
Customers sign petitioners’ form requesting petitioners to get information, to pay ten cents for it, and to deposit ten cents to the debtor’s credit and charge the customer’s account. Petitioners…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. Ninety-Five Barrels, More or Less, Alleged Apple Cider Vinegar, Douglas Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
3Cited by12 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Mosk v. National Research Co. of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
- State Ex Rel. Edmisten v. J. C. Penney Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
- Fleet v. United States Consumer Council, Inc. (In Re Fleet)District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
- Koch v. Federal Trade CommmissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
- Dejay Stores, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
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