94-3089. Detroit Auto Dealers Association, Inc., et al.; Proposed Consent Agreement With Analysis To Aid Public Comment  

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    FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
    
    [Dkt. 9189]
    
     
    
    Detroit Auto Dealers Association, Inc., et al.; Proposed Consent 
    Agreement With Analysis To Aid Public Comment
    
    AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
    
    ACTION: Proposed consent agreement.
    
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    SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
    unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this 
    consent agreement represents two identical consent agreements with two 
    different groups of respondents (one group of respondents associated 
    with the sale of GM, Ford, Lincoln-Mercury and Volkswagen Vehicles; and 
    the other group of respondents associated with the sale of Chrysler, 
    Plymouth and Dodge vehicles), accepted subject to final Commission 
    approval, would require, among other things, one hundred and forty six 
    Detroit-area automobile dealerships, owners and managers, and dealer 
    associations to stay open at least 62 hours a week for a year. In 
    addition, the agreement would prohibit the respondents from entering 
    into, continuing or carrying out any agreement to establish, fix or 
    maintain any hours of operation.
    
    DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 11, 1994.
    
    ADDRESSES: Comments should be directed to: FTC/Office of the Secretary, 
    room 159, 6th St. and Pa. Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20580.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Ernest Nagata, FTC/H-394, Washington, DC 20580. (202) 326-2714.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 6(f) of the Federal 
    Trade Commission Act, 38 Stat. 721, 15 U.S.C. 46 and Sec. 3.25(f) of 
    the Commission's Rules of Practice (16 CFR 3.25(f)), notice is hereby 
    given that the following consent agreement containing a consent order 
    to cease and desist, having been filed with and accepted, subject to 
    final approval, by the Commission, has been placed on the public record 
    for a period of sixty (60) days. Public comment is invited. Such 
    comments or views will be considered by the Commission and will be 
    available for inspection and copying at its principal office in 
    accordance with Sec. 4.9(b)(6)(ii) of the Commission's Rules of 
    Practice (16 CFR 4.9(b)(6)(ii)).
    
    Agreement Containing Consent Order To Cease and Desist
    
        The agreement herein, by and between respondents identified in 
    Attachments A, B, C, D and E, and their attorneys, and counsel for the 
    Federal Trade Commission, is entered into in accordance with the 
    Commission's rule governing consent order procedures. In accordance 
    therewith the parties hereby agree that:
        1. Respondent dealers identified in Attachments A and C are all 
    corporations with their principal places of business located at the 
    addresses shown in Attachments A and C.
        2. Individual respondents identified in Attachments B and D are 
    officers of various dealers, as shown in Attachments B and D, and as 
    such they formulate, direct and control the acts and practices of the 
    dealers for which they are officers.
        3. Respondent associations identified in Attachment E are 
    incorporated trade associations for motor vehicle dealers with their 
    principal places of business located at the addresses shown in 
    Attachment E.
        4. The respondents listed in Attachments A, B, C, D and E have been 
    served with a copy of the complaint issued by the Federal Trade 
    Commission alleging that they and others have violated section 5 of the 
    Federal Trade Commission Act, and have filed answers to the complaint 
    denying these allegations.
        5. The respondents listed in Attachments A, B, C, D and E admit all 
    the jurisdictional facts relating to Count I set forth in the 
    Commission's complaint in this proceeding.
        6. The respondents listed in Attachments A, B, C, D and E waive the 
    following with respect to Count I of the complaint:
        (a) Any further procedural steps;
        (b) The requirement that the Commission's decision contain a 
    statement of findings of fact and conclusions of law;
        (c) All rights to seek judicial review or otherwise to challenge or 
    contest the validity of the Order entered pursuant to this agreement; 
    and
        (d) Any claim under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
        7. This agreement shall not become part of the public record of the 
    proceeding unless and until it is accepted by the Commission. If this 
    agreement is accepted by the Commission it will be placed on the public 
    record for a period of sixty (60) days and information in respect 
    thereto publicly released. The Commission thereafter may either 
    withdraw its acceptance of this agreement and so notify the respondents 
    listed in Attachments A, B, C, D and E in which event it will take such 
    action as it may consider appropriate, or issue and serve its decision, 
    in disposition of Count I of the complaint issued by the Commission in 
    this proceeding.
        8. This agreement is for settlement purposes only and relates 
    solely to Count I of the Commission's complaint in this proceeding; 
    this agreement does not constitute an admission by the respondents 
    listed in Attachments A, B, C, D and E that the law has been violated 
    as alleged in Count I of the complaint issued by the Commission.
        9. This agreement contemplates that, if it is accepted by the 
    Commission, and if such acceptance is not subsequently withdrawn by the 
    Commission pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 3.25(f) of the 
    Commission's Rules, the Commission may without further notice to the 
    respondents listed in Attachments A, B, C, D and E, (1) issue its 
    decision containing the following Order to cease and desist in 
    disposition of Count I of the complaint issued by the Commission in 
    this proceeding, and (2) make information public in respect thereto. 
    When so entered, the Order to cease and desist shall have the same 
    force and effect and may be altered, modified or set aside in the same 
    manner and within the same time provided by statute for other orders. 
    The Order shall become final upon service. Delivery by the U.S. Postal 
    Service of the decision containing the agreed-to Order to respondents' 
    addresses as stated in this agreement shall constitute service. The 
    respondents listed in Attachments A, B, C, D and E waive any right they 
    might have to any other manner of service. The complaint may be used in 
    construing the terms of the Order, and no agreement, understanding, 
    representation, or interpretation not contained in the order or in the 
    agreement may be used to vary or to contradict the terms of the Order.
        10. The respondents listed in Attachments A, B, C, D and E have 
    read the complaint and the order contemplated hereby. These respondents 
    understand that once the Order has been issued, they may be required to 
    file one or more compliance reports showing they have fully complied 
    with the Order. These respondents further understand that they may be 
    liable for civil penalties in the amount provided by law for each 
    violation of the order after it becomes final.
    
    Order
    
        It Is Ordered, that for the purposes of this order, the following 
    definitions shall apply:
        1. ``Person'' means any natural person, corporation, partnership, 
    association, joint venture, trust, or other organization or entity, but 
    not governmental entities.
        2. ``Dealer'' means any person who receives on consignment or 
    purchases motor vehicles for sale or lease to the public, and any 
    director, officer, employee, representative or agent of any such 
    person.
        3. ``Dealer association'' means any trade, civic, service, or 
    social association whose membership is composed primarily of dealers.
        4. ``Detroit area'' means the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area, 
    comprising Macomb County, Wayne County and Oakland County in the State 
    of Michigan.
        5. ``Hours of operation'' means the times during which a dealer is 
    open for business to sell or lease motor vehicles.
        6. ``Weekday hours'' means the hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday 
    through Friday.
        7. ``Non-weekday hours'' means hours other than 9 p.m. to 6 p.m. 
    Monday through Friday.
        8. ``Major holidays'' means New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4, 
    Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, and includes the date federal 
    courts close in observance of these specified holidays if such holiday 
    falls on a Sunday.
        9. ``Holiday weeks'' means any week that contains a major holiday, 
    Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve.
        10. ``Daylight Savings Time'' means the legal time during the 
    period described in 15 U.S.C. 260a.
        11. ``Standard Time'' means the legal time during any period other 
    than the period described in 15 U.S.C. 260a.
        12. ``Unsafe Area'' means any area that is unsafe for both 
    customers and dealership employees after dark.
        13. ``Group I Dealership and Individual Respondent'' means any 
    corporation listed in Addendum A to the order, including its officers, 
    directors, representatives, agents, divisions, subsidiaries and 
    successors and assigns, and any individual listed in Addendum B to the 
    order.
        14. ``Group II Dealership and Individual Respondent'' means any 
    corporation listed in Addendum C to the order, including its officers, 
    directors, representatives, agents, divisions, subsidiaries and 
    successors and assigns, and any individual listed in Addendum D to the 
    order.
        15. ``Association Respondent'' means any association listed in 
    Addendum E to the order, the officers, directors, representatives, 
    agents, divisions, subsidiaries, successors and assigns of any listed 
    association.
        16. ``Respondent'' means any dealership, individual, or association 
    respondent.
        17. ``Consenting Respondent'' means any dealership, individual, or 
    association respondent listed in any addendum to this order.
        18. ``Non-association Respondent'' means any dealership or 
    individual respondent. The term ``non-association respondent'' does not 
    include any individual respondent who does not own or operate a 
    dealership in the Detroit area.
    
    I
    
        It Is Further Ordered, that each consenting respondent shall cease 
    and desist from, directly or indirectly or through any corporate or 
    other device, entering into, continuing, or carrying out any agreement, 
    contract, combination, or conspiracy, in or affecting commerce (as 
    ``commerce'' is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act), with any 
    other respondent or other dealer or dealer association in the Detroit 
    area to establish, fix, maintain, adopt, or adhere to any hours of 
    operation.
    
    II
    
        It Is Further Ordered, that each consenting respondent shall cease 
    and desist from, directly or indirectly or through any corporate or 
    other device, performing any of the following acts or practices or 
    encouraging, inducing, or requiring any person to perform any of the 
    following acts or practices, or entering into, continuing, or carrying 
    out any agreement, contract, combination, or conspiracy with any other 
    person in the Detroit area to do or perform any of the following acts 
    or practices:
        A. Exchanging information or communicating with any other 
    respondent or other dealer or dealer association in the Detroit area 
    concerning hours of operation, except to the extent necessary to comply 
    with any order of the Federal Trade Commission, and except, after two 
    (2) years from the date this order becomes final, to the extent 
    necessary to incorporate individual dealers' hours of operation in 
    lawful joint advertisements; provided, however, (i) that nothing in 
    this Part II.A of the order shall prohibit joint advertisements 
    incorporating individual dealers' hours of operation, when such 
    individual dealers are legally operated, directly or indirectly, under 
    common control; and (ii) that nothing in this Part II.A of the order 
    shall prohibit joint advertisements incorporating individual dealers' 
    hours of operation for special events such as tent sales, mall sales, 
    or annual sales when hours of operation are extended.
        B. Requesting, recommending, coercing, influencing, inducing, 
    encouraging, or persuading, or attempting to request, recommend, 
    coerce, influence, induce, encourage, or persuade, any other respondent 
    or other dealer or dealer association in the Detroit area to maintain, 
    adopt or adhere to any hours of operation.
    
    III
    
        It Is Further Ordered, that each Group I dealership and individual 
    respondent shall, commencing ten (10) days after this order becomes 
    final and continuing for a period of one (1) year, maintain a minimum 
    of sixty-two (62) hours of operation per week for the sale and lease of 
    motor vehicles; provided, however, that each Group I dealership and 
    individual respondent shall have the option of maintaining less than 
    sixty-two (62) hours of operation during the weeks that contain one of 
    the major holidays, Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve; provided further 
    that during such holiday weeks each Group I dealership and individual 
    respondent shall maintain an adjusted minimum number of hours of 
    operation, determined by subtracting (1) the number of hours of 
    operation ordinarily in effect for the day of the week on which the 
    major holiday occurs, and (2) in the case of holiday weeks containing 
    Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve, one-half the number of hours of 
    operation ordinarily in effect for the day of the week on which 
    Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve occurs, from sixty-two (62). Each Group 
    I dealership and individual respondent shall post conspicuously its 
    hours of operation at each of its places of business subject to this 
    order in a manner and location readily visible to the public from 
    outside the main entrance of the dealership's showroom. Each Group I 
    dealership and individual respondent shall conduct its sales and lease 
    operation during any non-weekday hours in all respects in the same 
    manner as during weekday hours, except that the motor vehicle sales 
    force and supporting sales force on duty during non-weekday hours may 
    be reduced to a number sufficient to meet the market demand during such 
    non-weekday hours; provided, however, that the sales force and 
    supporting sales staff shall at all such times be sufficient in number 
    and authority to consummate fully all sales and lease transactions, in 
    the same manner as during weekday hours.
    
    IV
    
        It Is Further Ordered, that each Group II dealership and individual 
    respondent shall, commencing ten (10) days after this order becomes 
    final and continuing for a period of one (1) year, maintain a minimum 
    of sixty-two (62) hours of operation per week during daylight savings 
    time and fifty-eight (58) hours of operation per week during standard 
    time for the sale and lease of motor vehicles; provided, however, that 
    each Group II dealership and individual respondent shall have the 
    option of maintaining less than sixty-two (62) hours of operation 
    during daylight savings time, or less than fifty-eight (58) hours of 
    operation during standard time, during the weeks that contain one of 
    the major holidays, Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve; provided further 
    that during such holiday weeks each Group II dealership and individual 
    respondent shall maintain an adjusted minimum number of hours of 
    operation, determined by subtracting (1) The number of hours of 
    operation ordinarily in effect for the day of the week on which the 
    major holiday occurs, and (2) in the case of holiday weeks containing 
    Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve, one-half the number of hours of 
    operation ordinarily in effect for the day of the week on which 
    Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve occurs, from sixty-two (62), during 
    daylight savings time, or from fifty-eight (58), during standard time. 
    Each Group II dealership and individual respondent shall post 
    conspicuously its hours of operation at each of its places of business 
    subject to this order in a manner and location readily visible to the 
    public from outside the main entrance of the dealership's showroom. 
    Each Group II dealership and individual respondent shall conduct its 
    sales and lease operation during any non-weekday hours in all respects 
    in the same manner as during weekday hours, except that the motor 
    vehicle sales force and supporting sales staff on duty during non-
    weekday hours may be reduced to a number sufficient to meet the market 
    demand during such non-weekday hours; provided, however, that the sales 
    force and supporting sales staff shall at all such times be sufficient 
    in number and authority to consummate fully all sales and lease 
    transactions, in the same manner as during weekday hours.
        The requirements of Parts III and IV of this order to maintain 
    minimum weekly hours of operation shall not apply to any individual 
    respondent who does not own or operate a dealership in the Detroit 
    area.
    
    V.
    
        It is Further Ordered, that in the event the proceeding in Docket 
    No. 9189 against any non-association respondent results in a final 
    adjudicated order in accordance with section 5(g)-(k) of the Federal 
    Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 45, or in a subsequent consent order 
    requiring such non-association respondent to maintain fewer minimum 
    weekly hours of operation than required by Part III of this order, then 
    each consenting respondent subject to Part III of this order shall be 
    bound only by the minimum weekly hours of operation obligations set 
    forth in such subsequent order against any non-association respondent; 
    provided, however, that this Part V shall not apply to an order for 
    dismissal against any non-association respondent, or to an order based 
    on a finding (1) that any non-association respondent had entered into a 
    labor agreement incorporating fewer hours of operation than required by 
    Part III of this order, (2) that any non-association respondent is 
    located in an unsafe area, or (3) that the minimum hours requirement of 
    any non-association respondent should be less than the requirements set 
    forth in Part III of this order based on the unique circumstances of 
    that respondent.
    
    VI
    
        It Is Further Ordered, that in the event the proceeding in Docket 
    9189 against any non-association respondent results in a final 
    adjudicated order in accordance with section 5(g)-(k) of the Federal 
    Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 45, or in a subsequent consent order 
    requiring such non-association respondent to maintain fewer minimum 
    weekly hours of operation than required by Part IV of this order, then 
    each consenting respondent subject to Part IV of this order shall be 
    bound only by the minimum weekly hours of operation obligations set 
    forth in such subsequent order against any non-association respondent; 
    provided, however, that this Part VI shall not apply to an order for 
    dismissal against any non-association respondent, or to an order based 
    on a finding (1) that any non-association respondent had entered into a 
    labor agreement incorporating fewer hours of operation than required by 
    Part IV of this order or (2) that the minimum hours requirement of any 
    non-association respondent should be less than the requirements set 
    forth in Part IV of this order based on the unique circumstances of 
    that respondent.
    
    VII
    
        It Is Further Ordered, that each Group I dealership and individual 
    respondent, a well as each Group II dealership and individual 
    respondent, shall, while Parts III and Part IV of this order are in 
    effect, disclose its hours of operation in all of its advertising, 
    except that such disclosure is not required in joint-dealer 
    advertisements conducted through an association or in advertisements 
    offering for sale a single, particular motor vehicle. In any print 
    advertisements, the disclosure shall be made in a clear and prominent 
    manner in the same type style as that in which the principal portion of 
    the text of the advertisement appears and in twelve point or larger 
    bold type so that it can be readily noticed. In television 
    advertisements, the disclosure shall be presented in both the audio and 
    visual portions. During the audio portion of the disclosure in 
    television and radio advertisements, no other sounds, including music, 
    shall occur and the rate of speech shall be the same as for the other 
    parts of the advertisement. The audio portion of the disclosure in 
    television and radio advertisements need not state the dealership's 
    hours of operation on a day-by-day basis so long as the disclosure 
    states clearly and prominently the evenings in which the dealership is 
    open and any Saturday hours.
    
    VIII
    
        It Is Further Ordered, that each association respondent shall, for 
    a period of five (5) years from the date this order becomes final, 
    cause to be made minutes of all business meetings of its membership, 
    its board of directors, and its committees, Such minutes shall (i) 
    Identify all persons attending such meeting, (ii) include a 
    certification, signed by the presiding officer and the secretary under 
    penalty of perjury, that states whether hours of operation were 
    discussed at the meeting, and (iii) summarize what was discussed at the 
    meeting. If hours of operation were discussed at any business meeting 
    subject to this order, then the minutes of such meeting shall identify 
    the participants in the discussion of hours of operation and state in 
    detail the substance of the discussion(s). Each association respondent 
    shall retain such minutes (including, but not limited to, the required 
    certifications) for a period of five (5) years from the date the 
    minutes were created. Such minutes shall be provided to the Commission 
    upon request.
        It Is Further Ordered, that each association respondent shall:
        A. Within sixty (60) days from the date this order becomes final, 
    amend its bylaws, rules and regulations to eliminate any provision 
    inconsistent with any provision of this order;
        B. Within sixty (60) days from the date this order becomes final, 
    amend its bylaws, rules and regulations to incorporate: (1) A provision 
    that prohibits its members from discussing at any formal or informal 
    membership, board of directors, or committee meeting the house of 
    operation of any dealer, except to the extent necessary to comply with 
    any order of the Federal Trade Commission; and (2) a provision that 
    requires expulsion from membership of any member who violates such 
    prohibition;
        C. Within ten (10) days after the amendment of any bylaws, rules or 
    regulations pursuant to this order, furnish a copy of such amended 
    bylaws, rules or regulations to all members, and within ten (10) days 
    of any new member joining an association respondent, furnish to such 
    new member a copy of the bylaws, rules and regulations of association 
    respondent; and
        D. Within sixty (60) days after receiving information from any 
    source concerning a potential violation of any bylaw, rule, or 
    regulation required by Part IX.B. of this order, investigate the 
    potential violation, record the findings of the investigation, and 
    expel for a period of one (1) year any member who is found to have 
    violated any of the bylaws, rules or regulations required by Part IX.B. 
    of this order.
    
    X
    
        It Is Further Ordered, that each association respondent shall, for 
    a period of five (5) years from the date this order becomes final, 
    provide to the Commission the name and address of any member expelled 
    pursuant to the requirements of Part IX.D. of this order within ten 
    (10) days after such expulsion.
    
    XI
    
        It Is Further Ordered, that within ten (10) days after the date 
    this order becomes final, each Group I dealership and individual 
    respondent, as well as each Group II dealership and individual 
    respondent, shall provide a copy of the order to each of its employees 
    involved in motor vehicle sales or leasing in the Detroit area and each 
    association respondent shall provide a copy of the order to each of its 
    officers, directors, members and employees. For a period of five (5) 
    years from the date this order becomes final, each Group I dealership 
    and individual respondent, as well as each Group II dealership and 
    individual respondent, shall provide a copy of the order to each new 
    employee involved in motor vehicle sales or leasing in the Detroit 
    area, and each association respondent shall provide a copy to each new 
    member, within ten (10) days after the date the employee is hired or 
    the new member joins the association respondent.
    
    XII
    
        It Is Further Ordered, that each consenting respondent shall, 
    within ninety (90) days after this order becomes final and annually 
    thereafter for a period of five (5) years, file with the Commission a 
    verified written report setting forth in detail the manner and form in 
    which it has complied with this order.
        The requirements of this part XII to file a compliance report with 
    the Commission shall not apply to any individual respondent who does 
    not own or operate a dealership in the Detroit area; provided, however, 
    that such individual respondent shall, within ninety (90) days after 
    this order becomes final, file with the Commission a verified written 
    report stating that he does not own or operate a dealership in the 
    Detroit area; provide further that if circumstances change whereby such 
    individual respondent does own or operate a dealership in the Detroit 
    Area, then that individual respondent shall notify the Commission at 
    the earliest practicable date prior to any such change and begin 
    complying with the requirements of Part XII of this order.
    
    XIII
    
        It Is Further Ordered, that for a period of five (5) years from the 
    date this order becomes final, each consenting respondent that is not 
    an individual shall notify the Commission at least thirty (30) days 
    prior to any proposed change in corporate status (such as dissolution, 
    assignment, or sale) that results in the emergence of a successor 
    corporation, the creation of dissolution of subsidiaries, or any other 
    change in any corporate respondent which may affect compliance 
    obligations arising out of the order. Each consenting respondent that 
    is an individual shall, for five (5) years from the date the order 
    becomes final, promptly notify the Commission of the discontinuance of 
    his present business or employment and of any new affiliation or 
    employment with any dealer or dealer association. Such notice shall 
    include the individual's new business address and a statement of the 
    nature of the business or employment in which the respondent is newly 
    engaged, as well as a description of the individual's duties and 
    responsibilities in connection with the new business or employment.
    
    Attachment A
    
    Group I Dealership Respondents
    
    Jim Causley Pontiac-GMC Truck, Inc., 38111 Gratiot Avenue, Mt. 
    Clemens, MI 48043
    Jim Fresard Pontiac, Inc., 400 North Main Street, Royal Oak, MI 
    48067
    Red Holman Pontiac, Inc. a/k/a Red Holman Pontiac-Toyota-GMC Truck 
    Co., 35300 Ford Road, Westland, MI 48185
    Art Moran Pontiac, GMC, Inc., 29000 Telegraph Road, Southfield, MI 
    48034
    Rinke Pontiac, GMC, Inc., 27100 Van Dyke Avenue, Warren, MI 48093
    Bob Sellers Pontiac-GMC Truck, Inc. a/k/a Bob Sellers Pontiac-GMC, 
    Inc., 38000 Grand River, Farmington Hills, MI 48335
    Shelton Pontiac-Buick, Inc., 855 S. Rochester Road, Rochester, MI 
    48306
    Jack Cauley Chevrolet, Inc., 7020 Orchard Lake Road, West 
    Bloomfield, MI 48033
    Dick Genthe Chevrolet, Inc., 15600 Eureka Road, Southgate, MI 48195
    Lou LaRiche Chevrolet a/k/a Lou LaRiche Chevrolet-Subaru, Inc., 
    40875 Plymouth Road, Plymouth, MI 48170
    Mark Chevrolet, Inc., 33200 Michigan Avenue, Wayne, MI 48184
    George Matick Chevrolet, Inc., 14001 Telegraph Road, Redford, 
    Michigan 48239
    Matthews-Hargreaves Chevrolet Co., 1616 South Main Street, Royal 
    Oak, MI 48067
    Merollis Chevrolet Sales & Service, 21800 Gratiot Avenue, 
    Eastpointe, MI 48021-2224
    Mike Savoie Chevrolet, Inc., 1900 West Maple, Troy, MI 48084
    Les Stanford Chevrolet, Inc., 21711 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI 
    48123
    Tennyson Chevrolet, Inc., 32570 Plymouth Road, Livonia, MI 48150
    Buff Whelan Chevrolet, Inc., 40445 Van Dyke Avenue, Sterling 
    Heights, MI 48311-8002
    Wink Chevrolet, Co. d/b/a Bill Wink Chevrolet/GMC, 10700 Ford Road, 
    Dearborn, MI 48126
    Ed Rinke Chevrolet, Inc. a/k/a Ed Rinke Chevrolet-GMC Co., 26125 Van 
    Dyke Avenue, Centerline, MI 48015-1280
    Armstrong Buick-Opel, Inc., 30500 Plymouth Road, Livonia, MI 48150
    Fischer Automotive Group, Inc. f/k/a/ Fisher Buick-Subaru, Inc., 
    1790 Maplelawn, Troy, MI 48099-0909
    Tamaroff Buick Opel, Inc. f/k/a Tamaroff Buick-Honda, Inc., 28585 
    Telegraph Road, Southfield, MI 48034
    Audette Cadillac, Inc., 7100 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 
    48033
    Dreisbach and Sons Cadillac, Inc. a/k/a Dreisbach & Sons Cadillac 
    Co., 24600 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI 48219
    Birmingham Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 2100 West Maple Road, Troy, MI 
    48084
    Lochmoor Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 18165 Mack Avenue, Detroit, MI 
    48224
    Shelby Oil Company, Inc. d/b/a Monicatti Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 
    40755 Van Dyke Avenue, Sterling Heights, MI 48078
    Roseville Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 25800 Gratiot Avenue, Roseville, 
    MI 48006
    Westborn Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 23300 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, 
    MI 48124
    Colonial Dodge, Inc., 24211 Gratiot Avenue, E. Detroit, MI 48021
    Mt. Clemens Dodge, Inc., 43774 N. Gratiot, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
    Northwestern Dodge, Inc., 10500 W. Eight Mile Road, Ferndale, MI 
    48220
    Oakland Dodge, Inc., 101 W. Fourteen Mile Road, Madison Heights, MI 
    48071
    Sterling Heights Dodge, Inc., 40111 Van Dyke Avenue, Sterling 
    Heights, MI 48078
    Van Dyke Dodge, Inc., 28400 Van Dyke Avenue, P.O. Box 1539, Warren, 
    MI 48090
    Avis Ford, Inc., 29200 Telegraph Road, Southfield, MI 48034
    Jorgensen Ford, Inc. f/k/a Jerry Bielfield Co., 8333 Michigan 
    Avenue, Detroit, MI 48210
    Fairlane Ford Sales, Inc. f/k/a Beverly John Ford a/k/a Bob Ford, 
    Inc., 14585 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI 48126
    Gorno Brothers, Inc., 22025 Allen Road, Woodhaven, MI 48183
    Jerome-Duncan, Inc., 8000 Ford Country Lane, Sterling Heights, MI 
    48313-3710
    McDonald Ford Sales, Inc., 550 West Seven Mile Road, Northville, MI 
    48167
    Pat Milliken Ford, Inc., 9600 Telegraph Road, Redford, MI 48239
    Russ Milne Ford, Inc., 43870 N. Gratiot Avenue, Mt. Clemens, MI 
    48036
    North Brothers Ford, Inc., 33300 Ford Road, Westland, MI 48185
    Stark Hickey West, Inc., 24760 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit, MI 
    48219
    Bob Thibodeau, Inc., 26333 Van Dyke Avenue, Centerline, MI 48015
    Arnold Lincoln Mercury Co., 29000 Gratiot Avenue, Roseville, MI 
    48066
    Stu Evans Lincoln Mercury of Garden City a/k/a Stu Evans Lincoln-
    Mercury, Inc. of Garden City, 32000 Ford Road, Garden City, MI 48135
    Stu Evans Lincoln Mercury of Southgate a/k/a Stu Evans Lincoln-
    Mercury, Inc. of Southgate, 16800 Fort Street, Southgate, MI 48195
    Hines Park Lincoln Mercury a/k/a Hines Park Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., 
    40601 Ann Arbor Road, Plymouth, MI 48170
    Krug Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., 21531 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI 
    48124
    McInerney, Inc. d/b/a Northland Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 14100 West 
    Eight Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237
    Park Motor Sales Co. a/k/a PHP d/b/a Park Motor Sales Co., 18100 
    Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48203
    Star Lincoln Mercury, Inc., 24350 Twelve Mile Road, P.O. Box 2142, 
    Southfield, MI 48037
    Charnock Oldsmobile, Inc., 24555 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI 48124
    Drummy Oldsmobile, Inc., 14925 East Eight Mile Road, Eastpointe, 
    Michigan 48021
    Gage Oldsmobile, Inc., 21710 Woodward, Ferndale, MI 48220-0280
    Bill Rowan Oldsmobile a/k/a Bill Rowan Oldsmobile, Inc., 15800 
    Eureka Road, Southgate, MI 48195
    Suburban Oldsmobile-Cadillac f/k/a Suburban Oldsmobile-Datsun, Inc., 
    1810 Maplelawn, Troy, MI 48099-0909
    Autobahn Motors, Inc., 1765 South Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills, 
    MI 48013
    Melton Motors, Inc., 15100 Eureka, Southgate, MI 48195
    Wood Motors, Inc., 15351 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, MI 48205
    Pointe Dodge, Inc., 18001 Mack Avenue, Detroit, MI 48224
    
    Attachment B--
    
    Group I Individual Respondents
    
    W. Robert Allen c/o. Matthews-Hargreaves Chevrolet Co., 1616 South 
    Main Street, Royal Oak, MI 48067
    Thomas Clark Armstrong, c/o Armstrong Buick-Opel, Inc., 30500 
    Plymouth road, Livonia, MI 48150
    Charles Audette c/o Audette Cadillac, Inc., 7100 Orchard Lake Road, 
    West Bloomfield, MI 48033
    Frank B. Audette c/o Audette Cadillac, Inc., 7100 Orchard Lake Road, 
    West Bloomfield, MI 48033
    Robert F. Barnett, 3923 Maple Hill East, West Bloomfield, MI 48033
    Jerry M. Bielfield, 19457 Suffolk, Detroit MI 48203
    Robert M. Brent, 32711 Van Dyke Avenue, Warren, MI 48093
    Paul Carrick c/o Autobahn Motors, Inc., 1765 South Telegraph Road, 
    Bloomfield Hills, MI 48013
    John H. Cauley c/o Jack Cauley Chevrolet, Inc., 7020 Orchard Lake 
    Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48033
    James F. Causely, Sr. c/o Jim Causley Pontiac-GMC Truck, Inc., 38111 
    Gratiot Avenue, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
    J. Herbert Charnock c/o Charnock Oldsmobile, Inc., 24555 Michigan 
    Avenue, Dearborn, MI 48124
    John Cueter, 2448 Washtenaw, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
    Al Dittrich, 5825 Highland Road, Waterford, MI 48237
    Thomas S. Dreisbach c/o Dreisbach and Sons Cadillac, Inc., 24600 
    Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI 48219
    John L. Drummy, Sr. c/o Drummy Oldsmobile, Inc., 14925 East Eight 
    Mile Road, Eastpointe, Michigan 48021
    Richard J. Duncan c/o Jerome-Duncan, Inc., 8000 Ford Country Lane, 
    Sterling Heights, MI 48313-3710
    Stewart Evans c/o Stu Evans Lincoln Mercury of Garden City, 32000 
    Ford Road, Garden City, MI 48135
    Arnold Feuerman c/o Arnold Lincoln Mercury Co., 29000 Gratiot 
    Avenue, Roseville, MI 48066
    W.R. Flannery a/k/a Richard Flannery, 3456 Franklin Road, Bloomfield 
    Hills, MI 48302
    B. John Ford a/k/a John Ford c/o Bob Ford, Inc., 14585 Michigan 
    Avenue, Dearborn, MI 48126
    F. James Fresard, c/o Jim Fresard Pontiac, Inc., 400 North Main 
    Street, Royal Oak, MI 48067
    Frank Galeana, c/o Van Dyke Dodge, Inc., 28400 Van Dyke Avenue, P.O. 
    Box 1539, Warren, MI 48090
    Richard E. Genthe, c/o Dick Genthe Chevrolet, Inc., 15600 Eureka 
    Road, Southgate, MI 48195
    Albert A. Holman, c/o Red Holman Pontiac, Inc., 35300 Ford Road, 
    Westland, MI 48185
    George Kolb, c/o Hines Park Lincoln-Mercury, 40601 Ann Arbor Road, 
    Plymouth, MI 48170
    Sigmund Krug, c/o Krug Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., 21531 Michigan Avenue, 
    Dearborn, MI 48124
    Louis H. LaRiche, c/o Lou LaRiche Chevrolet, 40875 Plymouth Road, 
    Plymouth, MI 48170
    Walter N. Lazar, P.O. Box 6594, Delray Beach, FL 33484
    W. Desmond McAlister, 33011 Westview Court South, Bloomfield Hills, 
    MI 48304
    Martin J. McInerney, c/o McInerney, Inc., 14100 West Eight Mile 
    Road, Oak Park, MI 48237
    George S. Matick, Jr., c/o George Matick Chevrolet, Inc., 14001 
    Telegraph Road, Redford, Michigan 48239
    Kenneth Meade, c/o Pointe Dodge, Inc., 18001 Mack Avenue, Detroit, 
    MI 48224
    George Melton, c/o Melton Motors, Inc., 15100 Eureka, Southgate, MI 
    48195
    Norman A. Merollis, c/o Merollis Chevrolet Sales & Service, 21800 
    Gratiot Avenue, Eastpointe, MI 48021-2224
    W.B. (Pat) Milliken, c/o Pat Milliken Ford, Inc., 9600 Telegraph 
    Road, Redford, MI 48239
    Russell H. Milne, c/o Russ Milne Ford, Inc., 43870 N. Gratiot 
    Avenue, Mt. Clemens, MI 48036
    Arthur C. Moran, c/o Art Moran Pontiac, GMC, Inc., 29000 Telegraph 
    Road, Southfield, MI 48034
    James E. North, c/o North Brothers Ford, Inc., 33300 Ford Road, 
    Westland, MI 48185
    James E. Riehl, c/o Roseville Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 25800 Gratiot 
    Avenue, Roseville, MI 48006
    Roland J. Rinke, c/o Rinke Pontiac, GMC, Inc., 27100 Van Dyke 
    Avenue, Warren, MI 48093
    Arthur J. Roshak, c/o Colonial Dodge, Inc., 24211 Gratiot Avenue, E. 
    Detroit, MI 48021
    William H. Rowan, c/o Bill Rowan Oldsmobile, 15800 Eureka Road, 
    Southgate, MI 48195
    Myron P. Savoie, c/o Mike Savoie Chevrolet, Inc., 1900 West Maple, 
    Troy, MI 48084
    Robert B. Sellers, c/o Bob Sellers Pontiac-GMC Truck, Inc., 38000 
    Grant River, Farmington Hills, MI 48335
    C.M. Shelton, c/o Shelton Pontiac-Buick, Inc., 855 S. Rochester 
    Road, Rochester, MI 48306
    Joseph B. Slatkin, c/o Sheila Rosenbauer, Harry Slatkin Builders, 
    39935 Grand River, Novi, MI 48375
    Leslie J. Stanford, c/o Les Stanford Chevrolet, Inc., 21711 Michigan 
    Avenue, Dearborn, MI 48123
    Marvin M. Tamaroff, c/o Tamaroff Buick Opel, Inc., 28585 Telegraph 
    Road, Southfield, MI 48034
    Harry Tennyson, c/o Tennyson Chevrolet, Inc., 32570 Plymouth Road, 
    Livonia, MI 48150
    Robert Thibodeau, c/o Bob Thibodeau, Inc., 26333 Van Dyke Avenue, 
    Centerline, MI 48015
    Anthony J. Viviano, c/o Sterling Heights Dodge, Inc., 40111 Van Dyke 
    Avenue, Sterling Heights, MI 48078
    Stanley A. Wilk, c/o Star Lincoln Mercury, Inc., 24350 Twelve Mile 
    Road, P.O. Box 2142, Southfield, MI 48037
    William J. Wink, Jr., c/o Wink Chevrolet, Co., 10700 Ford Road, 
    Dearborn, MI 48126
    Donald Wood, Sr., c/o Wood Motors, Inc., 15351 Gratiot Avenue, 
    Detroit, MI 48205
    Robert Zankl, 18018 Riverside Drive, Pompano Beach, FL 33062
    
    Attachment C
    
    Group II Dealership Respondents
    
    James Martin Chevrolet, Inc., 6250 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 
    48202
    Jefferson Chevrolet, Co., 2130 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, MI 
    48207
    Charles Dalgleish Cadillac, Inc., 6160 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 
    48202
    Bill Snethkamp, Inc., 16430 Woodward Avenue, Highland Park, MI 48023
    Garrity Motor Sales, Inc., 11500 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck, MI 48212
    
    Attachment D
    
    Group II Individual Respondents
    
    Charles H. Dalgleish, Jr. c/o Charles Dalgleish Cadillac, Inc., 6160 
    Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202
    Douglas Dalgleish c/o Charles Dalgleish Cadillac, Inc., 6160 Cass 
    Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202
    James A. Garrity c/o Garrity Motor Sales, Inc., 11500 Joseph Campau, 
    Hamtramck, MI 48212
    James B. Large c/o James Martin Chevrolet, Inc., 6250 Woodward 
    Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202
    William Snethkamp c/o Bill Snethkamp, Inc., 16430 Woodward Avenue, 
    Highland Park, MI 48023
    James P. Tellier c/o Jefferson Chevrolet, Co., 2130 East Jefferson 
    Avenue, Detroit, MI 48207
    Raymond R. Tessmer c/o Jefferson Chevrolet, Co., 2130 East Jefferson 
    Avenue, Detroit, MI 48207
    
    Attachment E
    
    Association Respondents
    
    Tri-County Pontiac Dealers Association, Inc., 16000 W. Twelve Mile 
    Road, Southfield, MI 48076
    Greater Detroit Chevrolet Dealers Association, Inc., 100 Renaissance 
    Center, Suite 3100, Detroit, MI 48243
    Chrysler-Plymouth Dealers Association of Greater Detroit, Inc. c/o 
    Dykema Gossett, 400 Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI 48243-1668
    Southeastern Michigan Dodge Dealers Association, Inc. f/k/a Greater 
    Detroit Dodge Dealers Association, Inc., 13500 Telegraph Road, 
    Taylor, MI 48180
    Metro Detroit Buick Dealers Association, Inc., 100 Renaissance 
    Center, Suite 3100, Detroit, MI 48243
    Metro Detroit Cadillac Dealers Association, Inc., 100 Renaissance 
    Center, Suite 3100, Detroit, MI 48243
    Metropolitan Detroit Ford Dealers, Inc., 30955 Northwestern Highway, 
    Suite 250, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
    Metropolitan Detroit Oldsmobile Dealers Association, Inc., 24700 
    Northwestern Highway, P.O. Box 307, Southfield, MI 48037-0307
    Metropolitan Lincoln-Mercury Dealers Association, Inc., 1500 
    Woodward Avenue, Suite 300, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
    Southeastern Michigan Volkswagen Dealers Association, Inc., 650 
    First National Building, Detroit, MI 48226
    Metropolitan Detroit Chevrolet Dealers Advertising Association a/k/a 
    Metropolitan Detroit Chevrolet Dealers Advertising Association, 
    Inc., 100 Renaissance Center, Suite 3100, Detroit, MI 48243
    Chrysler-Plymouth Dealers of Greater Detroit Advertising 
    Association, Inc. c/o Dykema Gossett, 400 Renaissance Center, 
    Detroit, MI 48243-1668
    Ford Dealers Advertising Fund, Inc., 30955 Northwestern Highway, 
    Suite 250, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
    Lincoln-Mercury Dealers Advertising Fund--Detroit District, Inc., 
    1500 Woodward Avenue, Suite 300, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
    Tri-County D.A.A., Inc., 13500 Telegraph Road, Taylor, MI 48180
    
    Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
    
        The Federal Trade Commission has accepted, subject to final 
    approval, two agreements to a proposed consent order from sixty-nine 
    automobile dealerships, sixty-two owners or managers of automobile 
    dealerships and fifteen dealer associations located in the Detroit, 
    Michigan area. Each agreement was executed by a different group of 
    dealers, individuals and associations, but the agreements are identical 
    in content. The parties to the agreements (hereinafter collectively 
    referred to as ``the dealers'') are listed below.
        The proposed consent order has been placed on the public record for 
    60 days for reception of comments by interested parties. Comments 
    received during this period will become part of the public record. 
    After 60 days, the Commission will again review the agreements and the 
    comments received and will decide whether it should withdraw from the 
    agreements or make final the agreements' proposed order.
        On December 20, 1984, the Commission issued an administrative 
    complaint alleging that the dealers, together with other dealers who 
    are not parties to the consent agreements, agreed among themselves and 
    with others to limit competition in the sale of new motor vehicles in 
    the Detroit, Michigan area in violation of Section 5 of the Federal 
    Trade Commission Act, by adopting and adhering to a schedule limiting 
    hours of operation for the sale or lease of motor vehicles in the 
    Detroit area. The alleged agreement limited weekday evening hours to 
    Mondays and Thursdays and eliminated Saturday hours altogether, except 
    for occasional special sales.
        On July 14, 1987, the Administrative Law Judge (``ALJ'') issued an 
    Initial Decision dismissing the complaint. The ALJ found that the 
    dealers and the other respondents had acted in response to employee 
    demands for shorter hours and, therefore, that the dealers' agreement 
    was exempt from the antitrust laws by reason of the non-statutory labor 
    exemption.
        Counsel supporting the complaint appealed the Initial Decision to 
    the Commission. On February 22, 1989, the Commission issued a decision 
    reversing the ALJ. The Commission held that the dealers were not 
    entitled to the nonstatutory labor exemption because their uniform 
    hours restrictions were not the result of any collective bargaining 
    activity with employees; on the contrary, the dealers had agreed among 
    themselves in order to avoid collective bargaining. The Commission's 
    Final Order, among other provisions, prohibited the dealers from 
    conspiring in any way to fix hours of operation. As a corrective 
    measure the Final Order also required the dealers to remain open a 
    minimum of 64 hours a week for one year. The Commission found that ``a 
    cease and desist order alone would be inadequate to remedy the 
    respondents' violations of section 5.'' Because of the history of 
    violent enforcement of the hours restrictions, the Commission found 
    that ``[d]ealers individually will decide to remain closed for fear of 
    reprisals if they try to extend hours. Only if many dealers are open at 
    the same time, making enforcement of the restriction difficult or 
    impossible, will the fear of being singled out for enforcement be 
    overcome.'' Detroit Auto Dealers Assoc., Inc., 111 FTC 417, 506 (1989).
        The dealers and other respondents appealed the Commission's 
    decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. 
    On January 31, 1992, the Court of Appeals affirmed the Commission's 
    decision in substantial part and remanded the case to the Commission 
    for the ``limited purpose'' of reconsidering certain issues.
        The dealers subsequently signed an Agreement Containing a Consent 
    Order to Cease and Desist in order to resolve the allegations in the 
    administrative complaint. Under Part I of the proposed order, the 
    dealers would be prohibited from entering into, continuing or carrying 
    out any agreement to establish, fix or maintain any hours of operation.
        Part II.A of the proposed order would prohibit the dealers from 
    exchanging information or communicating with any other dealer or 
    association concerning hours of operation, except to the extent 
    necessary to comply with any order of the Commission, and except, after 
    two (2) years from the date the order becomes final, to the extent 
    necessary to incorporate individual dealers' hours of operation in 
    lawful joint advertisements. Part II.A has two exceptions to the two-
    year prohibition against the inclusion of individual dealers' hours of 
    operation in joint advertising. First, the prohibition would not apply 
    to individual dealers that are legally operated under common control. 
    Second, the prohibition would not apply to joint advertising for 
    special events such as tent sales, mall sales, or annual sales when 
    hours of operation are extended.
        Part II.B of the proposed order would prohibit the dealers from 
    requesting, recommending, coercing, influencing, inducing, encouraging 
    or persuading another dealer or dealer association to maintain, adopt 
    or adhere to any hours of operation.
        Under Parts III and IV of the proposed order, the dealers (other 
    than the associations) would be required to maintain certain minimum 
    hours of operation for a period of one year. Part III would require the 
    vast majority of the dealers (identified as ``Group I'' respondents, 
    listed in Addendums A and B to the orders) to maintain a minimum of 
    sixty-two (62) hours of operation per week for a one-year period, with 
    a reduced minimum for weeks that contain one of six major holidays (New 
    Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and 
    Christmas), Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve.
        Under Part IV of the proposed consent order, certain dealers 
    (identified as ``Group II'' respondents, listed in Addendums C and D to 
    the orders) would be required to maintain a lower minimum of 58 hours 
    of operation per week during Standard (non-daylight savings) time, with 
    a 62-hour minimum in effect during Daylight Savings time. Group II 
    dealers have provided evidence to the Commission that because of the 
    crime rate in the areas in which they do business, the safety of their 
    employees would be jeopardized if their dealerships were required to be 
    open for 62 hours during Standard time, when daylight hours are 
    shorter. The dealers in Group II would be permitted to make the same 
    adjustment for holiday weeks as the Group I dealers.
        Parts III and IV of the proposed order would also provide that the 
    staffing for non-weekday hours may be reduced to a level sufficient to 
    meet the market demand during such hours, provided that the staffing 
    shall be sufficient in number and authority to consummate fully all 
    sales and lease transactions in the same manner as during weekday 
    hours.
        Parts V and VI of the proposed order would provide most-favored-
    nations treatment to Group I and Group II dealers, respectively, in the 
    event that any subsequent Commission order requires fewer minimum hours 
    of operation than required by Part III or Part IV, whichever is 
    applicable. Parts V and VI would also specify certain exceptions to the 
    triggering of most-favored-nations treatment.
        Under Part VII of the proposed order, the dealers would be required 
    to disclose their hours of operation in all advertising for a none-year 
    period. A printed disclosure must be made in a ``clear and prominent 
    manner'' using ``twelve point or larger bold type so that it can be 
    readily noticed.'' In radio advertising or in the audio portion of 
    television advertising, the respondent need not state specific hours on 
    a day-by-day basis so long as it states ``clearly and prominently'' the 
    evenings on which it is open, and any Saturday hours.
        Under Part VIII of the proposed consent order, each association 
    would be required to maintain detailed certified minutes of any meeting 
    at which hours of operation are discussed.
        Part IX of the proposed order would require each association to 
    amend its bylaws, rules and regulations to: (i) Eliminate any provision 
    inconsistent with any provision of the order; (ii) incorporate a 
    provision that prohibits its members from discussing hours of operation 
    at any meeting; and (iii) expel from membership any member who violates 
    such prohibition. Each association would also be required to furnish a 
    copy of the amended bylaws, rules and regulations to every member and 
    new member, and within 60 days after receiving information concerning a 
    potential violation of any bylaw, rule or regulation required by the 
    order, conduct an investigation and expel for one year any person who 
    is found to have committed a violation. Under Part X of the proposed 
    order, each association would be required to provide to the Commission 
    the name and address of each member expelled pursuant to paragraph IX.
        The remainder of the proposed order contains provisions regarding 
    compliance, record-keeping and distribution of the order to various 
    persons. Part XI would require each dealership and association to give 
    a copy of the order to each employee and member, and to each new 
    employee and member, as the case may be. Part XII would require the 
    dealers to file annual compliance reports for a period of five years. 
    The reporting requirement would be waived for individuals who no longer 
    own or operate a dealership in the Detroit area, provided that the 
    individual submits an initial compliance report so stating. The 
    reporting requirement would be re-activated if the individual again 
    comes into ownership or operation of a dealership in the Detroit area. 
    Part XIII of the proposed order would require each dealer to report any 
    change of status that may affect its obligations under the order.
        The purpose of this analysis is to facilitate public comment on the 
    proposed order, and it is not intended to constitute an official 
    interpretation of the agreements and the proposed order or to modify in 
    any way their terms.
    
    Parties to the Consent Agreements
    
    Group I Dealerships (Addendum A to the Agreements)
    
    Jim Causley Pontiac-GMC Truck, Inc.
    Jim Fresard Pontiac, Inc.
    Red Holman Pontiac, Inc. a/k/a Red Holman Pontiac-Toyota-GMC Truck 
    Co.
    Art Moran Pontiac, GMC, Inc. a/k/a Art Moran Pontiac-GMC, Inc.
    Rinke Pontiac, GMC, Inc. a/k/a Rinke Pontiac-GMC Co.
    Bob Sellers Pontiac-GMC Truck, Inc. a/k/a Bob Sellers Pontiac-GMC, 
    Inc.
    Shelton Pontiac-Buick, Inc.
    Jack Cauley Chevrolet, Inc.
    Dick Genthe Chevrolet, Inc.
    Lou LaRiche Chevrolet a/k/a Lou LaRiche Chevrolet-Subaru, Inc.
    Mark Chevrolet, Inc.
    George Matick Chevrolet, Inc.
    Matthews-Hargreaves Chevrolet Co.
    Merollis Chevrolet Sales & Service
    Ed Rinke Chevrolet, Inc. a/k/a Ed Rinke Chevrolet-GMC Co.
    Mike Savoie Chevrolet, Inc.
    Les Stanford Chevrolet, Inc.
    Tennyson Chevrolet, Inc.
    Buff Whelan Chevrolet, Inc.
    Wink Chevrolet, Co. d/b/a Bill Wink Chevrolet/GMC
    Armstrong Buick-Opel, Inc.
    Fischer Automotive Group, Inc. f/k/a Fischer Buick Mazda-Subaru-
    Suzuki a/k/a Fischer Buick-Subaru, Inc.
    Tamaroff Buick Opel, Inc. a/k/a Tamaroff Buick-Honda, Inc.
    Audette Cadillac, Inc.
    Dreisbach and Sons Cadillac, Inc. a/k/a Dreisbach & Sons Cadillac 
    Co.
    Birmingham Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
    Lochmoor Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
    Shelby Oil Company, Inc.
    Roseville Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
    Westborn Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
    Colonial Dodge, Inc.
    Mt. Clemens Dodge, Inc.
    Northwestern Dodge, Inc.
    Oakland Dodge, Inc.
    Sterling Heights Dodge, Inc.
    Van Dyke Dodge, Inc.
    Avis Ford, Inc.
    Jorgensen Ford, Inc. f/k/a Jerry Bielfield Co.
    Fairlane Ford, Inc. a/k/a Beverly John Ford
    Gorno Brothers, Inc.
    Jerome-Duncan, Inc.
    McDonald Ford Sales, Inc.
    Pat Milliken Ford, Inc.
    Russ Milne Ford, Inc.
    North Brothers Ford, Inc.
    Stark Hickey West, Inc.
    Bob Thibodeau, Inc.
    Arnold Lincoln Mercury Co. a/k/a Arnold Lincoln-Mercury Co.
    Stu Evans Lincoln Mercury of Garden City a/k/a Stu Evans Lincoln-
    Mercury, Inc., of Garden City
    Stu Evans Lincoln Mercury of Southgate a/k/a Stu Evans Lincoln-
    Mercury, Inc., of Southgate
    Hines Park Lincoln Mercury a/k/a Hines Park Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.
    Krug Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.
    McInerney, Inc. d/b/a Northland Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
    Park Motor Sales Co. a/k/a PHP d/b/a Park Motor Sales Co.
    Star Lincoln Mercury, Inc. a/k/a Star Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.
    Charnock Oldsmobile, Inc.
    Drummy Oldsmobile, Inc.
    Gage Oldsmobile, Inc.
    Bill Rowan Oldsmobile a/k/a Bill Rowan Oldsmobile, Inc.
    Suburban Oldsmobile-Cadillac a/k/a Suburban Oldsmobile-Datsun, Inc.
    Autobahn Motors, Inc.
    Melton Motors, Inc.
    Wood Motors, Inc.
    Pointe Dodge, Inc.
    
    Group II Dealerships (Addendum B to the Agreements)
    
    James Martin Chevrolet, Inc. a/k/a James-Martin Chevrolet, Inc.
    Jefferson Chevrolet, Co. a/k/a Jefferson Chevrolet Co.
    Charles Dalgleish Cadillac, Inc. a/k/a Charles Dalgleish Cadillac-
    Peugeot, Inc.
    Bill Snethkamp, Inc.
    Garrity Motor Sales, Inc.
    
    Group I Individuals (Addendum C to the Agreements)
    
    W. Robert Allen
    Thomas Clark Armstrong a/k/a Thomas Armstrong
    Charles Audette
    Frank B. Audette a/k/a Frank Audette
    Robert Barnett a/k/a Robert B. Barnett
    Jerry Bielfield a/k/a Jerry M. Bielfield
    Robert M. Brent
    Paul Carrick
    John H. Cauley
    James Causely a/k/a James F. Causley, Sr.
    J. Herbert Charnock
    John Cueter
    Al Dittrich
    Thomas S. Dreisbach
    John L. Drummy, Sr.
    Richard Duncan a/k/a Richard J. Duncan
    Stewart Evans
    Arnold Feuerman
    W.R. Flannery a/k/a Richard Flannery
    B.J. Ford a/k/a John Ford
    F. James Fresard
    Frank Galeana
    Richard E. Genthe
    Albert A. Holman
    George Kolb
    Sigmund Krug
    Louis LaRiche a/k/a Louis H. LaRiche
    Walter N. Lazar
    W. Desmond McAlister
    Martin J. McInerney
    George S. Matick, Jr.
    Kenneth Meade
    George Melton
    Norman A. Merollis
    Pat Milliken a/k/a W.B. (Pat) Milliken
    Russell H. Milne
    Arthur C. Moran
    James North a/k/a James E. North
    James E. Riehl a/k/a James Riehl
    Roland J. Rinke a/k/a Roland Rinke
    Arthur J. Roshak
    William H. Rowan
    Myron P. Savoie
    Bob Sellers a/k/a Robert B. Sellers
    C.M. Shelton a/k/a C.M. (Bud) Shelton
    Joseph B. Slatkin
    Leslie J. Stanford
    Marvin M. Tamaroff a/k/a Marvin Tamaroff
    Harry Tennyson
    Bob Thibodeau, Sr. a/k/a Robert Thibodeau
    Anthony J. Viviano
    Stanley A. Wilk
    William J. Wink, Jr.
    Donald Wood, Sr. a/k/a Donald Wood
    Robert Zankl
    
    Group II Individuals (Addendum D to the Agreements)
    
    Charles H. Dalgleish, Jr. a/k/a Charles Douglas Dalgleish Dalgleish, 
    Jr.
    James a. Garrity
    James P. Large
    William Snethkamp
    James P. Tellier
    Raymond R. Tessmer
    
    Associations (Addendum E to the Agreements)
    
    Tri-County Pontiac Dealers Association, Inc. a/k/a Tri County 
    Pontiac Dealers Association, Inc.
    Greater Detroit Chevrolet Dealers Association, Inc.
    Chrysler-Plymouth Dealers Association of Greater Detroit, Inc., a 
    corporation a/k/a Chrysler and Plymouth Dealers Association of 
    Greater Detroit, Inc.
    Southeastern Michigan Dodge Dealers Association, Inc. a/k/a Greater 
    Detroit Dodge Dealers Association, Inc.
    Metro Detroit Buick Dealers Association, Inc.
    Metro Detroit Cadillac Dealers Association, Inc.
    Metro Detroit Ford Dealers, Inc. a/k/a Metropolitan Detroit Ford 
    Dealers, Inc.
    Metropolitan Detroit Oldsmobile Dealers Association, Inc.
    Metropolitan Lincoln-Mercury Dealers Association, Inc.
    Southeastern Michigan Volkswagen Dealers Association, Inc.
    Metropolitan Detroit Chevrolet Dealers Advertising Association, Inc.
    Chrysler-Plymouth Dealers of Greater Detroit Advertising 
    Association, Inc. a/k/a Chrysler Plymouth Dealers of Greater Detroit 
    Advertising Association, Inc.
    Ford Dealers Advertising Fund, Inc. a/k/a Metro Detroit Ford 
    Advertising Fund, Inc.
    Lincoln-Mercury Dealers Advertising Fund--Detroit District, Inc.
    Tri-County D.A.A., Inc. a/k/a Tri County D.A.A., Inc.
    Donald S. Clark,
    Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 94-3089 Filed 2-9-94; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
02/10/1994
Department:
Federal Trade Commission
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Action:
Proposed consent agreement.
Document Number:
94-3089
Dates:
Comments must be received on or before April 11, 1994.
Pages:
0-0 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: February 10, 1994, Dkt. 9189