F. T. C. v. BRIGADIER INDUSTRIES CORP.

Nos. 78-1875, 78-1878.

613 F.2d 1110 (1979)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. BRIGADIER INDUSTRIES CORP., et al., Appellants. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. BRIGADIER INDUSTRIES CORP., Chief Industries, Inc., et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miles W. Kirkpatrick, Washington, D.C., for appellant Brigadier Industries Corp., et al.

James A. Brodsky, Washington, D.C., for appellant Chief Industries, Inc.

Clarence R. Laing, Jr., Atty., F. T. C., Washington, D.C., a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of New York, pro hac vice, with whom Michael M. Sohn, Gen. Counsel, Gerald P. Norton, Deputy Gen. Counsel, and Jerold D. Cummins, Deputy Asst. Gen. Counsel, F. T. C., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for F. T. C.

Katherine A. Meyer, Washington, D.C., with whom Harvey Schweitzer, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellee Center for Auto Safety.

Kennard R. Weaver, Elkhart, Ind., entered an appearance for appellant, Shult Homes Corp.

Before MacKINNON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, Senior United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky.


Opinion for the Court filed by WILKEY, Circuit Judge.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court enforcing ten subpoenas duces tecum served on appellants by the Federal Trade Commission (Commission) during the course of a rulemaking proceeding. Drawing on its newly granted authority under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty—Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act (Magnuson-Moss Act),1 the Commission...

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