· 12/18/1985
Federal Trade Commission v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Citations
- 778 F.2d 35
- 250 U.S. App. D.C. 162
How courts have described this case
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- upholding injunction prohibiting tobacco company, absent FTC approval, from advertising cigarettes as having certain tar ratings
- similarly upholding under clearly errone- ous review a finding that a disclosure that was “virtually illegible form, placed in an inconspicuous corner of [the] advertisements” did not alter an advertise- ments representation
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Judges: Edwards, Bork, Scalia
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