F. T. C. v. J. WEINGARTEN, INC.

No. 20732.

336 F.2d 687 (1964)

The FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Appellants, v. J. WEINGARTEN, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

September 14, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherman L. Cohn, J. F. Bishop, Attys., Dept. of Justice, J. B. Truly, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., Atty., F.T.C., Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Edward F. Howrey, Washington, D. C., Austin C. Wilson, Houston, Tex., Gilbert T. Adams, Beaumont, Tex., Leon Jaworski, of Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., Harold F. Baker, Robert W. Steele, of Howrey, Simon, Baker & Murchison, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before BROWN, WISDOM and BELL, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

The question here is whether the District Court sitting in Texas erred in enjoining proceedings taking place in Washington, D. C. pursuant to a remand order of the Federal Trade Commission. This presents questions of jurisdiction and, assuming jurisdiction, whether an injunction was proper in light of the facts of this particular case.

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