Removatron International Corporation and Frederick E. Goodman v. Federal Trade Commission

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that a deceptive representation depends upon the impression created by the representation, rather than its truth or falsity
• reviewing Commission Order that required claims to be supported by “competent and reliable scientific evidence”
• “A proceeding is not in the public interest if it is merely a private controversy.”
• “the tendency of the advertising to deceive must be judged by viewing it as a whole”
• “Each advertisement must stand on its own merits; even if other advertisements contain accurate, non-deceptive claims, a violation may occur with respect to the deceptive ads.”
• “The Commission’s findings with respect to what representations are made in advertisements are factual.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).