PEOPLE v. AUTO. SERVICE COUNCILS OF MI., INC.

Docket Nos. 59573, 62170.

123 Mich. App. 774 (1983)

333 N.W.2d 352

PEOPLE v. AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE COUNCILS OF MICHIGAN, INC.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Richard A. Solomon, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Edwin M. Bladen and Richard T. O'Neill, Assistants Attorney General, for the people.

Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker (by Eugene Driker and Daniel M. Share) and Kenneth M. Mogill, for Automotive Service Councils of Michigan, Inc., and others.

Peter Dozorc, for Armitage Collision Service, Inc., and Frank T. Henry.

Stringari, Fritz, Kreger, Ahearn & Hunsinger, P.C. (by Arthur M. Stringari and Roy R. Hunsinger), for Bob Borst Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., Robert Borst, Jerome-Duncan, Inc., Richard Duncan, Hutchinson Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., George Jankovich, Ed Schmid Ford, Inc., Edward Schmid, Bob Thibodeau, Inc., Harold Turner, Inc., and Ray Whitfield Ford, Inc.

DeMarco & Sage, P.C. (by John A. DeMarco), for Douglas Robertson and Theodore Robertson.

Parenti, Treinen, Hohauser, Greenlees & Bunting, P.C. (by L. Nicholas Treinen), for Skalnek Ford, Inc., Milosch Chrysler-Plymouth Dodge Trucks, and Joe Dunlap.

Provizer, Eisenberg, Lichtenstein & Pearlman, P.C. (by Stephen B. Simon), for Steven Prusky, Melvin Edwards, and Avon Collision and Frame Center, Inc.

Ward F. McDonough, Jr., for Elwyn Dubke and Marlin Dubke.

William F. Huetteman, for Rochester Hills Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.

Hutson, Sawyer, Schenden & Chapman (by Michael W. Hutson), for Birmingham Chrysler Plymouth and Richard A. Mealey and Shelby Collision.

Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg (by Fred L. Woodworth and Craig L. John), for Richard S. Schoenherr and Stark Hickey Ford, Inc.

Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman (by Kenneth J. McIntyre and Michael G. Vartanian), for Tarik S. Daoud and Al Long Ford, Inc.

Clark, Klein & Beaumont (by M.V. Kell and David H. Paruch), for Mel Farr Ford, Inc.

Louis Demas, P.C. (by Victor Farneti), for Lambert's Collision, Inc.

Gerald Hale Ladue, for Berkley Collision, Inc., and Edward Kasparian.

Colombo & Colombo (by Lawrence F. Raniszeski), for Jim Fresard Pontiac, Inc., F. James Fresard, Rinke Pontiac GMC Co., Michael Rinke, Park Motor Sales Co. and Paul Kuhn.

Richard G. Partrich, for Larry Dusich and 15 Mound Collision, Inc.

Rusel J. Comer, for Ross Witte.

Before: D.C. RILEY, P.J., and D.F. WALSH and WAHLS, JJ.


D.F. WALSH, J.

On February 7, 1980, a Wayne County citizens grand jury returned an indictment against 183 defendants, charging unlawful combination and conspiracy in unreasonable restraint of trade and commerce. MCL 750.558; MSA 28.826. The specific charge was combination and conspiracy to fix prices for services in the automobile collision repair business. The 183 defendants are the Automotive Service Councils of Michigan, Inc. (a trade association of automobile...

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