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FEDERAL TRADE COMM. v. WINSTED HOSIERY CO.

No. 333.

258 U.S. 483 (1922)

42 S.Ct. 384

66 L.Ed. 729

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. WINSTED HOSIERY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 24, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General Beck, with whom Mr. W.H. Fuller, Mr. Adrien F. Busick and Mr. James T. Clark were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Melville J. France, with whom Mr. Henry P. Molloy was on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. Frank F. Reed and Mr. Edward S. Rogers, by leave of court, filed a brief as amici curiae.

Mr. Daniel Davenport, Mr. Morten Q. Macdonald and Mr. Walter Gordon Merritt, by leave of court, filed a brief as amici curiae.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

The Winsted Hosiery Company has for many years manufactured underwear which it sells to retailers throughout the United States. It brands or labels the cartons in which the underwear is sold, as "Natural Merino", "Gray Wool", "Natural Wool", "Natural Worsted", or "Australian Wool". None of this underwear is all wool. Much of it contains only a small percentage of wool; some as little as ten per cent. The Federal...

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