Aluminum Company of America
Volume 59 · 59 F.T.C. 1058
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In toe Matrrer OF ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION oF src. 2( d) OF THE CLAYTON ACT Docket 8175. Complaint, Nov. 17, 1960—Decision, Nov. 1, 1961 Consent order requiring a manufacturer of aluminum and aluminum products, including ‘Alcoa Wrap” aluminum foil, with annual sales exceeding $858,000,000, to cease violating Sec. 2(d) of the Clayton Act by such practices as paying $150 to a retail grocery chain in Burlington, Iowa, for advertising or other services furnished in connection with the sale of its products while not making any comparable payments to the chain’s competitors. CoMPrLaINntT The Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that the party respondent named in the caption hereof, and hereinafter more particularly designated and described, has violated and is now violating the provisions of subsection (d) of Section 2 of the Clayton Act, as amended by the Robinson-Patman Act (U.S.C. Title 15, Section 13), hereby issues its complaint, stating its charges with respect thereto as follows:
Paracrapu i. Respondent Aluminum Company of America is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, with its office and principal place of business located at 1501 Alcoa Building, Mellon Square. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Complaint 59 F.T.C.
(d) Preventing or restricting any dealer or distributor who has dealt in respondent’s products from dealing in competitive products after he has discontinued dealing in respondent’s products. 2. Entering into, continuing or enforcing, or attempting to enforce, any contract, agreement or understanding with any dealer in or distributor of its products for the purpose or with the effect of establishing or maintaining any merchandising or distribution plan or policy prohibited by paragraph 1 of this order. It 7s further ordered, That respondent, Snap-On Tools 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.
By the Commission, Commissioner MacIntyre not participating.