Egan, Fickett & Co., Inc.
Volume 56 · 56 F.T.C. 615
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In rye Marrer or EGAN, FICKETT & CO., INC.
CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF sec. 2(C) OF THE CLAYTON ACT Docket 7520. Complaint, June 11, 1959—Decision, Dec. 8, 1959 Consent order requiring a New York City wholesale distributor of fresh fruits and vegetables to cease receiving and accepting commissions, etc., or lower net prices reflecting brokerage, on substantial purchases of food products from various suppliers, including Minute Maid Corporation, for its own account for resale.
ComPLaInr The Federal Trade Commission, having reason to beheve that the party respondent. named in the caption hereof, and hereinafter more particularly described, has been and is now, violating the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 2 of the Clayton Act, as amended (U.S.C., Title 15, Section 13), hereby issues its complaint, stating its charges with respect thereto as follows: ParacraPH 1. Respondent Eean, Fickett & Co., Inc., hereinafter sometimes referred to as Egan or as respondent, is a corporation, organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York, with its oflice and principal place of business located at 266 West Street. New York, New York. Par. 2. Respondent is now and for the past several years has been engaged primarily in business as a wholesale distributor of fresh fruits and vegetables and other grocery products, all of which are hereinafter sometimes referred to as food products. Respondent purchases these food products from a large number of canners and packers, hereinafter sometimes referred to as suppliers, located in many states other than the State of New York. In the fresh frnit field, respondent deals primarily in citrus fruits, such as oranges, @rapefrmt and tangerines. Two of respondent's suppliers of citrus fruits are Minute Maid Corporation and its wholly owned EGAN, FICKETT & CO., INC. 615 611 Complaint of December, 1959, become the decision of the Commission; and, accordingly :
It ts ordered, That respondent D. L. Piazza Co., a corporation, shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon it of this order, file with the Commission a report in writing, setting forth in detail the manner and form in which it has complied with the order to cease and desist.