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SPIEGEL, INC. v. F. T. C.

No. 75-1919.

540 F.2d 287 (1976)

SPIEGEL, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick W. O'Brien, Chicago, Ill., Basil J. Mezines, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Gerald Harwood, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Mark W. Haase, Atty., F. T. C., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Circuit Judge, BAUER, Circuit Judge, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Essentially the question before us is whether the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has the power to prevent large retail businesses from suing customers for delinquent credit accounts in a court distant from the consumer's residence. The FTC ordered that petitioner Spiegel "cease and desist from instituting suits except in the county where the defendant resides at the commencement of the action, or in the county where the defendant signed the...

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