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ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, INC. v. F. T. C.

No. 76-1477.

605 F.2d 964 (1979)

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, INC., and Britannica Home Library Services, Inc., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryson P. Burnham, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for petitioners.

D. Barry Morris, F. T. C., Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and SPRECHER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.

This is a petition to review an order of the Federal Trade Commission holding that certain practices of petitioners, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. and its subsidiary, Britannica Home Library Services, Inc. (hereinafter referred to jointly as Britannica) violated § 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)(1)1, and ordering Britannica to cease and desist from certain practices. Some of the...

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