RODALE PRESS, INC. v. F. T. C.

No. 21259.

407 F.2d 1252 (1968)

RODALE PRESS, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thurman W. Arnold, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Stuart J. Land, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Richard C. Foster, Atty., Federal Trade Commission, with whom Messrs. James McI. Henderson, General Counsel, and Daniel H. Hanscom, Atty., Federal Trade Commission, were on the brief, for respondent.

Messrs. Wm. Warfield Ross and Lawrence Speiser, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae. Mr. Joel E. Hoffman, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for the American Civil Liberties Union as amicus curiae.

Before McGOWAN, TAMM and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


TAMM, Circuit Judge:

This case arises on a petition to review and set aside an order of the Federal Trade Commission requiring petitioners to cease and desist from making certain representations in advertisements promoting the sale of some of their publications. Petitioners, Rodale Press, Inc. and Rodale Books, Inc., are publishers of a variety of books and pamphlets authored and edited by the individual petitioners, Jerome I. Rodale and Robert Rodale,

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