The FTC has issued a Notice that it has determined that certain acts or practices involving automobile rentals are unfair or deceptive, and violate the FTC Act.
- Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Automobile Rental Practices (1978).
- Transcript of Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Automobile Rental Practices (created 2022).
The FTC administrative decisions establishing penalty offenses concerning automobile rental practices:
- Steven Rizzi, 85 F.T.C. 274 (1975).
- TriState Carpets, Inc., 84 F.T.C. 1078 (1974).
- Wilbanks Carpet Specialists, Inc., 84 F.T.C. 510 (1974).
- Resort Car Rental Sys., Inc., 83 F.T.C. 234 (1973), aff’d, 518 F.2d 962 (9th Cir. 1975).
- S. States Distrib. Co., 83 F.T.C. 1126 (1973).
- Seekonk Freezer Meats, Inc., 82 F.T.C. 1025 (1973).
- Leon A. Tashof, 74 F.T.C. 1361 (1968), aff’d, 437 F.2d 707 (D.C. Cir. 1970).
- Holiday Carpets, Inc., 76 F.T.C. 673 (1969).
- Lawrence TV Corp., 73 F.T.C. 687 (1968).
- Consumers Prods. of Am., Inc., 72 F.T.C. 533 (1967), aff’d, 400 F.2d 930 (3d Cir. 1968).
- Royal Constr. Co., 71 F.T.C. 762 (1967).
- Charles A. Olson, 71 F.T.C. 356 (1967).
- James R. Boarman, 70 F.T.C. 1463 (1966).
- Aluminum Indus., Inc., 67 F.T.C. 1 (1965).
- Lifetime, Inc., 59 F.T.C. 1231 (1961).
- Better Living, Inc., 54 F.T.C. 648 (1957), aff’d, 259 F.2d 271 (3d Cir. 1958).
- Barbara E. Martin, 52 F.T.C. 250, 264 (1955).
- C. Howard Hunt Pen Co., 47 F.T.C. 1171, 1181-2 (1951), aff’d, 197 F.2d 273 (3d Cir. 1952).
- F.T.C. v. Winstead Hosiery Co., 3 F.T.C. 189 (1921), rev’d, 272 F. 957 (2nd Cir. 1921), Commission decision aff’d, 258 U.S. 483 (1922).
About Notices of Penalty Offenses
A Notice of Penalty Offenses is a document listing certain types of conduct that the FTC has determined, in one or more litigated administrative cases, to be unfair or deceptive in violation of the FTC Act.
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