NORA MANELLA
United States Attorney
LEON WEIDMAN
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Chief, Civil Division
U.S. District Courthouse
312 North Spring Street
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 894-2434

Attorneys for Plaintiff

                        UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                       CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA


                                  )
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,         )    CIVIL NO. 97-4085 LGB (RNBx)
                                      )
              Plaintiff,          )    CONSENT DECREE
                                      )
        v.                            )
                                                    )
WESTPOINT STEVENS INC.            )
              a corporation,      )
                                  )
             Defendant.           )
                                  )

     WHEREAS:  Plaintiff, the United States of America, has commenced

this action by filing the Complaint herein; defendant has waived

service of the Summons and Complaint; the parties have been

represented by the attorneys whose names appear hereafter; and the

parties have agreed to settlement of this action upon the following

terms and conditions, without adjudication of any issue of fact or

law and without defendant admitting liability for any of the matters

alleged in the Complaint;

     THEREFORE, on the joint motion of plaintiff and defendant, it is

hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED as follows:

NORA MANELLA
United States Attorney
LEON WEIDMAN
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Chief, Civil Division
U.S. District Courthouse
312 N. Spring Street
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 894-2434

Attorneys for Plaintiff

                      IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                        CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

______________________________)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,          )    Case No. 97-4085 LGB (RnBx)
                                   )
                    Plaintiff,     )    COMPLAINT FOR CIVIL
                                   )    PENALTIES, INJUNCTIVE
              v.                   )    AND OTHER RELIEF
                                   )
WESTPOINT STEVENS INC.        )
  a corporation,              )
                              )
                    Defendant.     )
                                   )
______________________________)

      Plaintiff, the United States of America, acting upon the

notification and authorization to the Attorney General by the Federal

Trade Commission ("Commission"), for its complaint alleges that:

      1.      Plaintiff brings this action under Sections 5(a)(1),

5(m)(1)(B), 9, 13(b), and 16(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act

as amended ("FTC Act"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 45(a)(1), 45(m)(1)(B), 49,

53(b), and 56(a), to obtain monetary civil penalties, injunctive and

other relief for defendant's violations of the Textile Fiber Products

Identification Act ("Textile Act"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 70-70k, and

injunctive relief for violations of Section 5(a)(1) of the Federal