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BASIC BOOKS, INC. v. F. T. C.

No. 12774.

276 F.2d 718 (1960)

BASIC BOOKS, INC., a corporation, and Leonard Davidow, Nathan Handy, Herman A. Fischer, as Officers of said Corporation, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

April 8, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman A. Fischer, Chicago, Ill., Alex Akerman, Jr., Washington, D. C., Thomas O. Flack, Campbell, Clithero & Fischer, Chicago, Ill., Shipley, Akerman & Pickett, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Alan B. Hobbes, Asst. Gen. Counsel, J. Gordon Cooney, Atty., Daniel J. McCauley, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Jno. W. Carter, Jr., Atty., F.T.C., Washington, D. C., for Federal Trade Commission.

Before KNOCH and CASTLE, Circuit Judges, and JUERGENS, District Judge.

JUERGENS, District Judge.

The Petitioners, Basic Books, Inc., a corporation, and Leonard Davidow, Nathan Handy and Herman A. Fischer, as Officers of said corporation, are engaged in the sale and distribution of an encyclopedia and other books.

A complaint was filed by the Federal Trade Commission charging petitioners with making (through agents and salesmen employed to obtain orders for petitioners' books by house-to-house canvassing) false and deceptive statements...

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