P. Lorillard Company

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INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS, ETC.

P. LORILLARD COMPANY

Docket 4922. Order, July 15, 1959 Order reopening case and directing hearing examiner, upon completion of hearings, to certify record to Commission with his recommendation. Respondent having filed a petition seeking to modify the order to cease and desist heretofore entered in this proceeding, and counsel supporting the complaint having filed an answer thereto wherein he does not oppose the granting of said petition; and The Commission being of the opinion, on the basis of the showing made in respondent’s petition and supporting affidavit, that the proceeding should be reopened to determine whether conditions of law or fact have so changed as to require modification of the order or if the public interest so requires:

It is ordered, That this proceeding be, and it hereby is, reopened.

It is further ordered, That a hearing examiner be designated for the purpose of receiving such evidence as may be offered by the respondent with respect to the aforesaid question. lt ts further ordered, That the hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the Commission’s Rules of Practice for Adjudicative Proceedings insofar as such Rules are applicable; that the hearing examiner shall have all the powers and duties as provided for in said Rules, except that of making and filing an initial decision; and that counsel supporting the complaint shall have the usual rights of due notice, cross-examination and the presentation of evidence in rebuttal.

It is further ordered, That upon completion of the hearings the hearing examiner shall certify the record to the Commission with his report and recommendation thereon.