NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY v. FEDERAL TRADE COM'N

No. 12944.

245 F.2d 883 (1957)

NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Langs, Detroit, Mich. (Langs, Molyneaux & Armstrong, by John F. Langs, Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for petitioner.

Robert B. Dawkins, Washington, D. C. (Earl W. Kintner, Gen. Counsel, Robert B. Dawkins, Asst. Gen. Counsel, J. B. Truly, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent.

Brief Amici Curiae:

Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., for Life Insurance Ass'n. of America and American Life Convention.

Thomas M. Kavanagh, Stanton S. Faville, Edmund E. Shepherd, Lansing, Mich., for the State of Michigan.

Latham Castle, William C. Wines, Chicago, Ill., for the State of Illinois.

M. L. Landis, et al., Chicago, Ill., for American Mut. Alliance.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for Health, Inc. Ass'n of America.

John J. O'Connell, and John W. Riley, Olympia, Wash., for the State of Washington.

Bruce Bennett, Little Rock, Ark., for the State of Arkansas.

Will Wilson, Will D. Davis, Austin, Tex., for the State of Texas.

Jo M. Ferguson, Earle V. Powell, Frankfort, Ky., for the Commonwealth of Ky.

Edmund G. Brown, Harold B. Haas, San Francisco, Cal., for the State of California.

Edwin K. Steers, James C. Jay, Indianapolis, Ind., for the State of Indiana.

John Anderson, Jr., Atty. Gen., Charles C. McCarter, Topeka, Kan., et al., for the State of Kansas.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The petitioner seeks a review of an order of the Federal Trade Commission requiring the petitioner to cease and desist from engaging in acts and practices in the conduct of its insurance business found by the Commission to be unfair and deceptive, in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended. Sec. 45 (a) (1), (6) and (c), Title 15, U. S.Code.

The complaint filed by the Commission alleged that the petitioner...

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