WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERN., INC. v. F.T.C.

No. 93-35850.

47 F.3d 990 (1995)

WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.; Weight Watchers of Greater Washington State, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; Janet T. Steiger; Mary L. Azcuenaga; Deborah K. Owen; Roscoe B. Starek, III, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Memorandum November 25, 1994.

Order and Opinion February 7, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith E. Pugh, Jr., Edward P. Henneberry, Jerrold J. Ganzfried (argued), Michael P.A. Cohen, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, Peter D. Byrnes, Byrnes & Keller, Seattle, WA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas M. Bondy, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees.

Before: LAY, TROTT and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

The Memorandum filed on November 25, 1994, is redesignated as an authored opinion with minor modifications.

OPINION

T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

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Weight Watchers International and Weight Watchers of Greater Washington State ("WW") appeal the district court's dismissal of their claim that the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") violated statutory requirements for rulemaking by impermissibly altering the existing...

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