FED. TRADE COMM. v. AMER. TOBACCO CO.

Nos. 206 and 207.

264 U.S. 298 (1924)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. P. LORILLARD COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 17, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James A. Fowler, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck, Mr. W.H. Fuller and Mr. Adrien F. Busick were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William D. Guthrie, with whom Mr. William B. Bell, Mr. William R. Perkins and Mr. Bernard Hershkopf were on the brief, for defendant in error in No. 207.

Mr. Junius Parker, with whom Mr. John Walsh and Mr. Jonathan H. Holmes were on the brief, for defendant in error in No. 206.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are two petitions for writs of mandamus to the respective corporations respondent, manufacturers and sellers of tobacco, brought by the Federal Trade Commission under the Act of September 26, 1914, c. 311, § 9, 38 Stat. 717, 722, and in alleged pursuance of a resolution of the Senate passed on August 9, 1921. The purpose of the petitions is to require production...

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