MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, INC. v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

No. 5024.

37 F.2d 822 (1930)

MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, Inc., v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided January 6, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Rabbitt, H. T. Lore, and J. H. Sykes, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Robert E. Healy and Baldwin B. Bane, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.


MARTIN, Chief Justice.

An appeal from a judgment of the lower court refusing to issue a writ of mandamus to compel the Federal Trade Commission to issue certain subpœnas duces tecum in a proceeding pending before it.

The record discloses that on April 30, 1929, a written complaint was filed with the Federal Trade Commission charging that appellant was using certain unfair methods of competition in interstate commerce in violation of the provisions of...

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