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The Federal Trade Commission And The Courts [Part 2], Vern Countryman
The Federal Trade Commission And The Courts [Part 2], Vern Countryman
Washington Law Review
Continuation of the article from volume 17, no 1.
The Federal Trade Commission And The Courts [Part 1], Vern Countryman
The Federal Trade Commission And The Courts [Part 1], Vern Countryman
Washington Law Review
But a majority of Congress had a still different idea as to what was needed. In their view, the Federal Trade Commission was to have positive powers for the enforcement of new legislation designed to supplement the existing law, in addition to the powers of investigation and publicity contemplated by the President. Accordingly, the plans of the industrial leaders were rejected, as apparently was Mr. William Howard Taft's assurance that the courts were quite capable of handling the entire matter under the Sherman Act, and in 1914 Congress enacted the Federal Trade Commission Act," creating a five-man commission with power …
Judicial Review Of The Fact Findings Of The Federal Trade Commission, William G. Daniels
Judicial Review Of The Fact Findings Of The Federal Trade Commission, William G. Daniels
Washington Law Review
Section 5 of the Trade Commission Act (15 U. S. C. § 45) and Section 11 of the Clayton Act (15 U. S. C. § 21) provide that "The findings of the Commission as to facts, if supported by testimony, shall be conclusive." This follows the form of the usual statutory provision, and its settled interpretation is that the findings of the administrative board, if supported by substantial evidence, are conclusive as to issues of fact. The purpose of the creation of the Trade Commission was largely to establish an administrative tribunal consisting of a body of persons especially qualified …