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NATIONAL PETROLEUM REFINERS ASSOCIATION v. F. T. C.

Civ. A. No. 1180-71.

340 F.Supp. 1343 (1972)

NATIONAL PETROLEUM REFINERS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 4, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Simon, J. Wallace Adair, Robert W. Steele, Roger C. Simmons, of Howrey, Simon, Baker & Murchison, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

L. Patrick Gray, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., Harland F. Lathers, and Stuart E. Schiffer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Ronald M. Dietrich, Gen. Counsel, Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, Alvin L. Perman, James P. Timony, Nicholas S. Reynolds, Attys., F. T. C., Washington, D. C., for the Federal Trade Comm. and others.

OPINION

AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., District Judge.

This suit questions the authority of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate Trade Regulation Rules pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 41 et seq. (1971). It is a case of "first impression," no other courts having directly considered the issue.1

The FTC announced, on July 30, 1969, that it intended to issue a Trade Regulation Rule declaring that failure to post...

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