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AMERICAN MOTORS CORP. v. F. T. C.

No. 79-1048.

601 F.2d 1329 (1979)

AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael N. Sohn, Gen. Counsel, F.T.C., Washington, D.C., Leonard Schaitman, Edward F. Glynn, Jr., Eloise E. Davies, David Fitzgerald, Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Joanne L. Levine, James K. Robinson, U.S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., for defendants-appellants.

Thomas A. Gottschalk, Donald E. Scott, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., Henry P. Sailer (Am. Motors), Covington & Burling, Leo Loevinger (Chrysler), Hogan & Harston, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, LIVE-LY and MERRITT, Circuit Judges.

EDWARDS, Chief Judge.

This case represents a constitutional attack based on the Fourth and Fifth Amendments upon a Federal Trade Commission resolution and subsequent FTC subpoenas directed to the most important American automobile companies. Plaintiffs' complaint sought equitable relief from the United States District Court. The FTC resolution of August 6, 1976, authorized an industry-wide automobile investigation and directed the FTC staff:

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