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F.T.C. v. GIBSON PRODUCTS OF SAN ANTONIO, INC.

No. 76-1818.

569 F.2d 900 (1978)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GIBSON PRODUCTS OF SAN ANTONIO, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bardwell D. Odum, Robert E. Rader, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

John T. Fischbach, F T C, Gerald Harwood, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Mark W. Haase, Robert J. Lewis, Gen. Counsel, Gerald P. Norton, Deputy Gen. Counsel, F T C, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GODBOLD, Circuit Judge, and MEHRTENS, District Judge.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Five Gibson Products corporations1 appeal the District Court's order enforcing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) subpoenas duces tecum. Despite cries of irrelevance, statutory abuse, and violations of the Commission's rules, we find the subpoenas relevant, within the bounds of the FTC Act, and free of any administrative rule defect. We affirm.

The Subpoena Arena

The Gibson corporations...

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