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· 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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