COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. v. F. T. C.

No. 16492.

414 F.2d 974 (1969)

COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., and Columbia Record Club, Inc., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

June 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asa D. Sokolow, New York City, Earl E. Pollock, Chicago, Ill., Stuart Robinowitz, Renee J. Roberts, New York City, for petitioners; Rosenman, Colin, Kaye, Petschek, Freund & Emil, New York City, Sonnenschein, Levinson, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

J. B. Truly, Gerald Harwood, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C., James McI. Henderson, General Counsel, J. William Brennan, Attorney for Federal Trade Commission, for respondent.

Before KNOCH, Senior Circuit Judge, and KILEY and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

The Federal Trade Commission issued a complaint on June 25, 1962, against Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (CBS) charging CBS and its subsidiary, Columbia Record Club, Inc. (Club) with violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45.1 Hearings were held and the hearing examiner entered an order on September 30, 1964, dismissing the complaint. On July 25, 1967, the Commission, Commissioner...

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