Legal Opinion
National Commission on Egg Nutrition and Richard Weiner, Inc., Petitioners v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 23, 1978No. 76-1969 and 76-1975PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
The subject of this appeal is commercial speech under the First Amendment. Acting pursuant to its power to prohibit false and misleading advertising, the Federal Trade Commission has entered a final order directing petitioners to cease and desist from disseminating advertisements containing statements to the effect that there is no scientific evidence that eating eggs increases the risk of heart and circulatory disease. 1 Certain statements ancillary to the one just described are also prohibited, and the right to make still others is limited and condi tioned by the order.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bates v. State Bar of ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Bigelow v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Joseph Toussaint, Plaintiffs/appellees/cross-Appellants v. Daniel McCarthy Defendants/appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Kasky v. Nike, Inc.California Supreme Court · 2002
- United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
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