Weight Watchers International, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission

47 F.3d 990 1995-1 Trade Cases P 70,892 WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.; Weight Watchers of Greater Washington State, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; Janet T. Steiger; Mary L. Azcuenaga; Deborah K. Owen; Roscoe B. Starek, III, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-35850. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 6, 1994. Memorandum Nov. 25, 1994. Order and Opinion Feb. 7, 1995. Keith E. Pugh, Jr., Edward P. Henneberry, Jerrold J. Ganzfried (argued), Michael P.A. Cohen, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, Peter D. Byrnes, Byrnes & Keller, Seattle, WA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Thomas M. Bondy, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees. ORDER The Memorandum filed on November 25, 1994, is redesignated as an authored opinion with minor modifications. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before: LAY, * TROTT and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. OPINION T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 * Weight Watchers International and Weight Watchers of Greater Washington State ("WW") appeal the district court's dismissal of their claim that the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or…