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Ftc v. Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc., 360 U.S. 55 (1959)
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Ftc v. Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc., 360 U.S. 55 (1959)
Federal Trade Commission v. Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc. No. 406 Argued April 21, 1959 Decided June 8, 1959 * 360 U.S. 55
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
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In this case, the Federal Trade Commission found that one of the Nation’s largest manufacturers of dress patterns discriminated in favor of its larger customers by furnishing to them services and facilities not accorded to competing smaller customers on proportionally equal terms, in violation of § 2(e) of the Clayton Act, as amended by the Robinson-Patman Act, and it ordered the manufacturer to cease and desist from doing so.
Held: the Commission’s order is sustained. Pp. 56-71.
(a) Though the manufacturer’s larger customers sold the patterns for a profit, while its smaller customers sold them as an accommodation to purchasers of their fabrics, and no specific injury to competition in patterns was shown, the record justified the Commission’s finding that they were competitors. Pp. 62-64.
(b) Given competition between the two classes of customers, neither absence of competitive injury nor the presence of "cost justification" is available as a defense to a charge of violating § 2(e) of the Act. Pp. 64-71.
103 U.S.App.D.C. 373, 258 F. 2d 673, affirmed in part and reversed m part.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Ftc v. Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc., 360 U.S. 55 (1959) in 360 U.S. 55 360 U.S. 56. Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=B2NIJAKM79NM93J.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Ftc v. Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc., 360 U.S. 55 (1959), in 360 U.S. 55, page 360 U.S. 56. Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=B2NIJAKM79NM93J.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Ftc v. Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc., 360 U.S. 55 (1959). cited in 1959, 360 U.S. 55, pp.360 U.S. 56. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=B2NIJAKM79NM93J.
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