Hoffman-Morton Co. trading as; Hoffman-Morton Furriers et al.

Volume 72 · 72 F.T.C. 797

Citation: 72 F.T.C. 797
Docket: C-1264
Complaint: 1967-10-25
Decision: 1967-10-25
Document type: consent order
Case type: consumer protection
Statutes: FTC Act (section 5); Fur Products Labeling Act
Industry: fur products retailing
Outcome: consent order entered
Relief: cease_and_desist; compliance_reporting
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Hoffman-Morton Co. trading as; Hoffman-Morton Furriers et al., 72 F.T.C. 797 (1967). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v072-0025

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and form in which he has complied with this order. I:- THE MATTER OF HOFFMAK-MORTON CO. TRADING AS HOFFMAN-MORTON FURRIERS ET AL.

CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLA non OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COM MISSION AND THE FUR PRODUCTS LABELING ACTS Docket C-1264. Complaint, Oct. 1967 Decision Oct. , 1.67 Consent order requiring a Chicago, 111., furrier to cease misbranding, falsely advertising and deceptively invoicing its fur products. COMPLAINT Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Fur Products Labeling Act, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Acts, the Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that Hoffman-Morton Co., a partnership, trading under its own name and as Hoffman-:1forton Furriers, and Morton H. Hoffman, Mabel Hoffman, Ida Hoffman and David Veltman, individually and as copartners trading as Hoffman- Morton Co. , hereinafter referred to as respondents, have violated the provisions of said Acts and the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Fur Products Labeling Act, and it appearing to the Commission that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be in the public interest, hereby issues its complaint stating its charges in that respect as follows:

PARAGRAPH 1. Respondent Hoffman-Morton Co. is a partnership existing and doing business in the State of Ilinois and trading under its own name and as Hoffman-rvIorton Furriers. Respondents Morton H. Hoffman, :lIabel Hoffman, Ida Hoffman and David Veltman are copartners in the said partnership. Respondents are manufacturers and retailers of fur products with their offce and principal place of business located at 679 North Michigan A venue, Chicago, Ilinois. PAR. 2. Respondents are now, and for some time last past have been, engaged in the introduction into commerce, and in the saJethe manufacture for introduction into commerce, and in advertising, and offering for sale in commerce, and in the trans- HOFFMAK-MORTON FURRIERS ET AL. 797 791 Complaint It is further ordered That the respondent herein shah, within sixty (60) days after service upon him of this order, file with the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the manner

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