Feitler

This is a petition to review a cease and desist order entered against petitioners by the Federal Trade Commission. The order was entered after a hearing on a complaint charging in substance that petitioners (respondents below) manufacture, sell and distribute in interstate commerce devices known as push cards and punch boards to manufacturers of and dealers in other articles of merchandise; that these push cards and punch boards are prepared so as to involve games of chance or lottery schemes when used in making sales of merchandise to the consuming public; that many members of the purchasing public have been induced to trade or deal with retail dealers selling or distributing merchandise by means of these lottery devices; that substantial trade has been thereby unfairly diverted from competitors selling similar merchandise who do not use these devices; and that the acts and practices of petitioners are all to the prejudice and injury of the public and constitute unfair acts and practices within the intent and meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 41 et seq.

The Commission made findings and conclusions sustaining all of the substantial allegations of the…