HARRY AND BRYANT CO. v. F.T.C.

Nos. 82-1850 to 82-1857, 82-1926 and 83-1038.

726 F.2d 993 (1984)

HARRY AND BRYANT CO., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. State of Arizona, Amicus Curiae. BASS-SMITH FUNERAL HOME, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. State of Arizona, Amicus Curiae. HANES-LINEBERRY FUNERAL SERVICE, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. State of Arizona, Amicus Curiae. THOMAS SHEPHERD & SON, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. State of Arizona, Amicus Curiae. WARLICK FUNERAL HOME, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. State of Arizona, Amicus Curiae. JERNIGAN-WARREN FUNERAL HOME, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. State of Arizona, Amicus Curiae. FRANK VOGLER & SONS, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. State of Arizona, Amicus Curiae. ANDREWS MORTUARY, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. and American Association of Retired Persons, Amicus Curiae/R, State of Arizona, Amicus Curiae/R. NATIONAL SELECTED MORTICIANS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. State of North Carolina, Amicus Curiae/P. Continental Association of Funeral and Memorial Societies, Inc., Amicus Curiae/R. State of Arizona, Amicus Curiae/R. The GREATER CINCINNATI FUNERAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent. State of Arizona, Amicus Curiae/R.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Murchison, P.C., Washington, D.C. (Robert J. Brookhiser, Jr., Daniel P. Oppenheim, Joanne P. Underhill, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., on brief), and Thomas H. Clark, Cincinnati, Ohio (T. Scott Gilligan, Washington, D.C., Clark & Eyrich, Cincinnati, Ohio, on brief), for petitioners.

Ernest J. Isenstadt, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C. (John H. Carley, Gen. Counsel, Howard E. Shapiro, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Joanne L. Levine, Washington, D.C., on brief), for respondent.

Alfred Miller, Peter N. Greenwald, Miller, Singer, Michaelson & Raives, P.C., New York City, on brief, for amicus curiae American Ass'n of Retired Persons.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen., Gary L. Sheets, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Div., Phoenix, Ariz., on brief, for amicus curiae State of Ariz.

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. of N.C., H.A. Cole, Jr., Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., John R. Corne, Associate Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., on brief, for amicus curiae State of N.C.

David A. Swankin, Swankin & Turner, Washington, D.C., on brief, for amicus curiae Continental Ass'n of Funeral and Memorial Societies, Inc.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and HALL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Pursuant to Section 18(e) of the Federal Trade Commission Act ("the Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 57a(e), petitioners, Harry & Bryant Company and other providers of funeral services, seek direct review of the Federal Trade Commission Trade Regulation Rule on Funeral Industry Practices ("the Funeral Rule" or "the Rule"). After a thorough consideration of the record of the rule-making proceeding, the briefs, and the oral argument, we find that...

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