Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Pantron I Corporation, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1994-08-25

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REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: These consolidated appeals require us to decide a previously unresolved question of federal consumer protection law: Whether it is lawful for a seller to represent a product as “effective” when its efficacy results solely from a “placebo effect.” 1 We conclude that the answer is no and that t…

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