Federal Trade Commission v. Hallmark, Inc.

SULLIVAN, Chief Judge.

This is an application by the Federal Trade Commission (Title 15 U.S.C.A. § 49) for an order requiring respondents to comply with administrative subpoenas for the production of certain documents and for the testimony of a named individual.

Respondents have advanced three arguments in justification of their refusal to comply with the subpoenas.

It is first urged that a denial by the Commission of a motion before it to quash the subpoenas was a violation of Respondents’ right to due process of law, since it was made without a formal hearing. The argument is without merit.…