L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY v. F. T. C.

No. 17236.

442 F.2d 1 (1971)

L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY, a corporation, and Burr, Patterson & Auld Company, a corporation, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

April 5, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Howrey, A. Duncan Whitaker, Gerald Kadish, Howrey, Simon, Baker & Murchison, Washington, D. C., for petitioners.

Thomas M. Clarke, Chicago, Ill., amicus curiae.

John V. Buffington, Gen. Counsel, J. B. Truly, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Miles J. Brown, Atty., Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before FAIRCHILD and KERNER, Circuit Judges, and STECKLER, Chief District Judge.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for review of an order and opinion issued by the respondent, Federal Trade Commission (Commission), in which it found petitioners, L. G. Balfour Company (Balfour) and Burr, Patterson & Auld Company (BPA), in violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S. C. § 45.1 After lengthy proceedings before a hearing examiner, the Commission concluded that petitioners had used...

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