United States DC Circuit

Petition for review of the FTC's letter regarding the agency's "Funeral Rule" is denied where the court lacks jurisdiction over the petition since under the Federal Trade Commission Act the court only has jurisdiction over challenges to FTC trade regulation rules or "substantive amendments" to such rules, and the letter in question does not amount to a substantive amendment of the Funeral Rule.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/15/2007
• Decided 04/10/2007
• Published 04/10/2007

Judges

• Before:  SENTELLE, RANDOLPH and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joshua R. Stebbins argued the cause for petitioners.   With him on the briefs were Howard M. Crystal and Eric R. Glitzenstein.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lawrence DeMille-Wagman, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, argued the cause for respondent.   With him on the brief was John F. Daly, Deputy General Counsel for Litigation.