SAVITCH v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

No. 125, Docket 23102.

218 F.2d 817 (1955)

Doris SAVITCH, an individual trading as Personal Drug Co., and Leo Savitch, individually and as manager of said company, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Post, New York City (Walter L. Post, New York City, on the brief), for petitioners.

Jno. W. Carter, Jr., Atty., Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C. (Earl W. Kintner, Gen. Counsel, and Robert B. Dawkins, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and FRANK and HINCKS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The Commission's conclusion, contrary to that of its Hearing Examiner, that petitioners had at least indirectly represented their product to be an abortifacient, was a reasonable interpretation of petitioners' advertisement, which we accept in the light of the Commission's special expertise and responsibility in the premises. There was sufficient evidence to support the finding that borderline anemia would not...

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