FTC v. SPERRY & HUTCHINSON CO.

No. 70-70.

405 U.S. 233 (1972)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. SPERRY & HUTCHINSON CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General McLaren argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Griswold, Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., Karl H. Buschmann, and Richard H. Stern.

Harold L. Russell argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Samuel K. Abrams, Claus Motulsky, J. Sam Winters, Alan R. Wentzel, and Wayne T. Elliott.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

In June 1968 the Federal Trade Commission held that the largest and oldest company in the trading stamp industry,1 Sperry & Hutchinson (S&H), was violating § 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 38 Stat. 719, as amended, 15 U. S. C. § 45 (a) (1), in three respects. The Commission found that S&H improperly regulated the maximum rate at which trading stamps were...

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