Legal Opinion
Federal Trade Commission v. Bowman
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 15, 1957No. 56 C 1372PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOFFMAN, District Judge.
The Federal Trade Commission has filed in this court a petition for enforcement of its subpoena duces tecum directed against the defendant, Fred J. Bowman, President of the Wilson Athletic Goods Manufacturing Company, under Section 9 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 38 Stat. 722, 15 U.S. C.A. § 49. The defendant has resisted enforcement upon the grounds that the subpoena is beyond the power of the Commission to issue and that it is unreasonable and oppressive.
The dispute arises in the course of a proceeding commenced by the Commission against A. G. Spalding &…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Automatic Canteen Co. of America v. Federal Trade CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Fleming v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by21 opinions
- The Dow Chemical Company, Intervening v. Dr. James R. Allen and John Van Miller, and James P. Wachtendonk, InterveningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Federal Trade Commission v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Federal Trade Commission v. W. W. Tuttle, Resident Manager, Ernst & ErnstCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- Federal Trade Commission v. J. E. Lonning, President, and Kellogg Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- File Trade Commission v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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