ALTERMAN FOODS, INC. v. F. T. C.

No. 73-1960.

497 F.2d 993 (1974)

ALTERMAN FOODS, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen I. Hirsch, Cleburne E. Gregory, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner.

Robert E. Duncan, Atty., Office of General Counsel, Calvin J. Collier, General Counsel, Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., Asst. General Counsel, and Gerald Harwood, Asst. General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before DYER, MORGAN and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

The general question in this case is whether a wholesaler and retailer of groceries and household products violates the Federal Trade Commission Act by inducing its suppliers, at their own expense, to participate in a food show for its buyers and customers, knowing that the suppliers did not so cooperate with its competitors. The Federal Trade Commission found a violation, and we agree.

The case comes to us on a petition of Alterman Foods...

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