Detroit Auto Dealers Association, Inc

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IN THE MATTER OF DETROIT AUTO DEALERS ASSOCIATION, INC., ET AL. Docket 9189. Interlocutory Order, August 30, 1993 ORDER Counsel for the General Motors and Lincoln Mercury respondents have moved that the complaint against ten respondents be dismissed and that their names be removed from the order of February 22, 1989. The assets of the following eight dealerships have been sold, and their dealership franchises have been terminated: Porterfield Wilson Pontiac-GMC Truck, Inc., Packer Pontiac Company, Dexter Chevrolet Company, Walt Lazar Chevrolet, Inc., Crissman Cadillac, Inc., Roger Rinke Cadillac Company, Avon Lincoln Mercury, Inc., and Barnett Pontiac, Inc. Except for the assets of Roger Rinke Cadillac Company, which were sold to a related individual who is subject to the Commission's order, the sales were to unrelated buyers, and the sellers retained no interest in the assets or dealerships. Two individually named respondents, Harry C. Demorest and Roger A. Rinke, are deceased. Complaint counsel do not oppose the motion.

The Commission has considered the motion and determined to grant it. Accordingly, It is ordered, That the complaint against Mr. Demorest, Mr. Rinke, Porterfield Wilson Pontiac-GMC Truck, Inc., Packer Pontiac Company, Dexter Chevrolet Company, Walt Lazar Chevrolet, Inc., Crissman Cadillac, Inc., Roger Rinke Cadillac Company, Avon Lincoln Mercury, Inc., and Barnett Pontiac, Inc. is hereby dismissed. It is further ordered, That the order of February 22, 1989, of the Commission is hereby modified to delete their names. Complaint 116 F.T.C.