Legal Opinion
United States v. Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 16, 1981No. 80-2445PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a final order of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, which assessed a penalty of $1,750,000 against the Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. (“the Digest”) for multiple violations of a Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) consent order, and also enjoined the company from further violations. We will affirm.
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In 1970, the FTC initiated an investigation of the Digest’s direct-mail solicitation campaigns. Characteristically, the solicitations involved the mass mailing of sweepstakes promising money or…
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