BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP. v. ENGMAN

Nos. 398 to 403, Dockets 75-6081, 75-6084, 75-6085, 75-6087, 75-6088 and 75-6090.

527 F.2d 1115 (1975)

BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP., Appellant, v. Lewis A. ENGMAN, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, et al., Appellees. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, Appellant, v. Lewis A. ENGMAN, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, et al., Appellees. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Appellant, v. Lewis A. ENGMAN, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, et al., Appellees. LOEW'S THEATRES, INC., Appellant, v. Lewis A. ENGMAN, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, et al., Appellees. AMERICAN BRANDS, INC., Appellant, v. Lewis A. ENGMAN, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, et al., Appellees. LIGGETT & MYERS INCORPORATED, Appellant, v. Lewis A. ENGMAN, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin London, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, Eugene R. Anderson, Anderson, Russell, Kill & Olick, P.C., New York City (Lewis A. Kaplan, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, Abe Krash, Melvin Spaeth, Jerome I. Chapman, Leonard H. Becker, Washington, D.C., Donald Fried, Thomas F. Ahrensfeld, Alexander Holtzman, New York City, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., Conboy, Hewitt, O'Brien & Boardman, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, Paul C. Warnke, John F. Kovin, Washington, D.C., H. C. Roemer and Max H. Crohn, Jr., of counsel, Clifford, Warnke, Glass, McIlwain & Finney, Washington, D.C., Irving Scher, Stanley A. Rothstein, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, New York City, Daniel J. O'Neill, Charles K. O'Neill, Anderson, Russell, Kill & Olick, P.C., New York City, Grainger R. Barrett, New York City, Joseph Greer, Lanny J. Davis, Patton, Boggs & Blow, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for appellants.

Richard J. Weisberg, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, Steven J. Glassman, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel), for appellees.

Before MULLIGAN, OAKES and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.


OAKES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from the denial of appellants' motion for a stay of penalties under Section 5(l) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(l) (1975 Supp.). The motion for a stay was sought by the six appellants who collectively produce about 99 per cent of the cigarettes manufactured in the United States. They have instituted declaratory judgment actions to obtain review of the Federal Trade Commission's interpretation...

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