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FED. TRADE COMM. v. SINCLAIR CO.

Nos. 213, 637, 638, 639.

261 U.S. 463 (1923)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (NEW JERSEY). FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. GULF REFINING COMPANY. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. MALONEY OIL & MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Adrien F. Busick and Mr. Eugene W. Burr, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. W.H. Fuller were on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. Roy T. Osborn, with whom Mr. Edw. H. Chandler and Mr. W. Ray Allen were on the brief, for respondent in No. 213.

Mr. Charles D. Chamberlin, with whom Mr. Hubert B. Fuller was on the brief, for respondent in No. 639.

Mr. R.L. Batts, with whom Mr. W.J. Guthrie was on the brief, for respondent in No. 638.

Mr. Chester O. Swain and Mr. James H. Hayes, for respondent in No. 637, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In separate proceedings against thirty or more refiners and wholesalers, the Federal Trade Commission condemned and ordered them to abandon the practice of leasing underground tanks with pumps to retail dealers at nominal prices and upon condition that the equipment should be used only with gasoline supplied by the lessor. Four of these orders were held invalid by...

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