F. T. C. v. COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN-PONT-A-MOUSSON

No. 78-2160.

636 F.2d 1300 (1980)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Appellee, v. COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN-PONT-A-MOUSSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Synnestvedt, John S. Child, Jr., Synnestvedt & Lechner, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Thomas A. Masterson, Philadelphia, Pa., a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Miles W. Kirkpatrick, Charles W. Smith and D. Edward Wilson, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellant.

David M. Fitzgerald, Atty., F. T. C., Washington, D. C., with whom Michael N. Sohn, General Counsel, Gerald P. Norton, Deputy Gen. Counsel and W. Dennis Cross, Asst. Gen. Counsel, F. T. C., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before McGOWAN and WILKEY, Circuit Judges and GESELL, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.

Opinion concurring filed by Circuit Judge McGOWAN.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This case addresses a narrow issue of broad international consequence: did Congress expressly or impliedly authorize the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) to serve its investigatory subpoenas directly upon citizens of other countries by means of registered mail? Although...

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