Legal Opinion
Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Bros.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 17, 1941No. 85PublishedCited by 254 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
The Federal Trade Commission found that IBunte Brothers, candy manufacturers in Illinois, sold products there in what the trade calls “break and take” packages, *350which makes the amount the purchaser receives dependent upon chance; and that thereby it was enabled in the Illinois market to compete unfairly with manufacturers outside of Illinois who could not indulge in this device because the Trade Commission has barred “break and take” packages as an “unfair method of competition.” Federal Trade Commission Act, § 5 (a), 38 Stat. 719, as amended, 15 U. S. C. § 45, Federal Trade Comm’n v. Keppel…
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