AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY v. F. T. C.

Nos. 15805, 15797, 15801, 15806, 15788.

363 F.2d 757 (1966)

AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. BRISTOL-MYERS COMPANY and Bristol Laboratories Inc., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. CHAS. PFIZER & CO., Inc., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. OLIN MATHIESON CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. The UPJOHN COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 16, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerhard A. Gesell, Washington, D. C., Nestor S. Foley, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., on brief; Murray D. Welch, Jr., Kalamazoo, Mich., of counsel, for petitioner Upjohn Co.

Merrell E. Clark, Jr., New York City, Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City, on brief; Peter H. Kaminer, Terence H. Benbow, Harry A. Garfield, New York City, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio, Robert T. Keeler, Paul R. Moran, Cincinnati, Ohio, of counsel, for petitioners Bristol-Myers Co. and Bristol Laboratories, Inc.

John E. F. Wood, New York City, and Arthur G. Connolly, Wilmington, Del., Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, New York City, Thomas S. Lodge, Connolly, Bove & Lodge, Wilmington, Del., Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati, Ohio, on brief; Charles E. Stewart, Jr., Judson A. Parsons, Jr., and Robert M. Shea, New York City, of counsel, for petitioner Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc.

Richard Y. Holcomb and Walter R. Mansfield, New York City, Ralstone R. Irvine, and Kenneth N. Hart, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, Powell McHenry, Dinsmore, Shohl, Barrett, Coates & Deupree, Cincinnati, Ohio, on brief, for petitioner American Cyanamid Co.

Allen F. Maulsby, New York City, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, on brief; Alan J. Hruska, W. Frazier Scott and John F. Bradley, New York City, of counsel, for petitioner Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation.

Frederick H. Mayer, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C., James McI. Henderson, General Counsel, J. B. Truly, Asst. General Counsel, Jerold D. Cummins, Attorneys, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C., on brief, for respondent.

Arnold & Porter, Paul A. Porter, Abe Krash, John D. Hawke, Jr., Daniel A. Rezneck, Washington, D. C., Morgan, Finnegan, Durham & Pine, George B. Finnegan, Jr., Hobart N. Durham, Jerome G. Lee, David H. Pfeffer, New York City, for McKesson & Robbins, Inc., amici curiæ.

Before O'SULLIVAN, PHILLIPS and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges.


HARRY PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

This case presents for review an order of the Federal Trade Commission holding that petitioners violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act,1 in connection with the production and sale of tetracycline, which is described as "currently the best selling wonder drug in the United States."2

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