CROSSE & BLACKWELL COMPANY v. F.T.C.

No. 7719.

262 F.2d 600 (1959)

CROSSE & BLACKWELL COMPANY, a corporation, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Cassedy, Washington, D. C., (A. Adgate Duer and Niles, Barton, Yost & Dankmeyer, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for petitioner.

Carleton A. Harkrader, Atty., Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C. (Earl W. Kintner, Gen. Counsel, and James E. Corkey, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C., on brief), for respondent.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and THOMSEN, District Judge.


HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

We are not persuaded to adopt the literal view that a canner of soups, relishes, preserves and similar products, including a small number containing meat ingredients, is a packer within the meaning of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, 7 U.S.C.A. §§ 181-195, 221-229, and as such is immune from an order of the Federal Trade Commission when, in connection with its general business, it violates § 2 of the Clayton Act, 15...

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