United States Ninth Circuit

In an action by the FTC against Defendant for making false and deceptive claims while marketing a program purporting to teach purchasers how to become wealthy by buying and selling privately held mortgages, summary judgment for the FTC is affirmed, where the FTC provided overwhelming evidence that the method of generating income offered by Defendant was not effective.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/22/2009
• Decided 03/13/2009
• Published 03/13/2009

Judges

• Before: THOMAS M. REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, RICHARD C. TALLMAN and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Deirdre Glynn Levin, Seattle, WA, for defendant-appellant Beringer Corporation., John Stefanchik, Pro se, Mercer Island, WA, defendant-appellant., Leslie Rice Melman, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.