DR. W. B. CALDWELL, INC. v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

No. 6945.

111 F.2d 889 (1940)

DR. W. B. CALDWELL, Inc., v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing May 29, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Rogers, William T. Woodson, James H. Rogers and Rogers, Woodson & Rogers, all of Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

W. T. Kelley, Martin A. Morrison, William L. Taggart, and James W. Nichol, all of Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before TREANOR and KERNER, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition by Dr. W. B. Caldwell, Inc., to review the proceedings and to set aside a cease and desist order of the Federal Trade Commission, upon complaint charging that petitioner's advertising was false and misleading and constituted unfair methods of competition in commerce, in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act, § 5, 15 U.S.C.A. § 45.

Dr. W. B. Caldwell graduated from a medical college in 1875 and immediately...

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