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· 6/30/1983

Federal Trade Commission v. Manufacturers Hanover Consumer Services, Inc.

Citations

  • 567 F. Supp. 992
  • 1983 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15825

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that “if the practice sought to be investigated is characterized as the business of insurance because insurance is somehow involved, the insurance industry would be able to expand its [MFA] protection” in unwarranted ways
  • applying the three criteria and concluding that the challenged practice, which related to the sale of credit insurance, did not amount to the “business of insurance,” where two of the criteria suggested that outcome while the remaining criterion could be “viewed either way”

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Judges: Shapiro

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