Alpine Quilting Company, Inc

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ALPINE QUILTING COMPANY, INC., ET AL.

Docket 7619. Order, Jan. 27, 1960 Order denying respondents’ request for opportunity to execute agreement to cease and desist, the record in the case being substantially complete. The respondents, by motion filed December 16, 1959, renewed January 12, 1960, having requested the Commission to stay this proceeding for the purpose of permitting them to enter into a voluntary agreement to cease and desist from the practices alleged to be unlawful; and It appearing that the Commission, by issuing its complaint on October 22, 1959, indicated its prior administrative determination that a formal proceeding against the respondents would be in the public interest, and no showing having been made that this determination was incorrect; and It further appearing that the trial of the case has proceeded to the point where the record is substantially complete, thus precluding the possibility of avoiding the expenditure of time and money by the acceptance of an informal agreement to cease and desist, as contemplated by §1.51 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, Procedures and Organization; and Tt further appearing that no useful purpose would be served by oral argument on the respondents’ motion:

It is ordered, That said motion be, and it hereby is, denied.