UNITED STATES v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Nos. 87-5170, 87-5235.

841 F.2d 400 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. (Two Cases)

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Letter, Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Erika Z. Jones, Chief Counsel, Kenneth N. Weinstein, Deputy Asst. General Counsel, David W. Allen, Asst. Chief Counsel, Enid Rubenstein and Eileen T. Leahy, Nat. Highway Traffic Safety Admin., were on the brief for appellant. William Kanter, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance, for appellants.

Thomas A. Gottschalk, with whom Frederick M. Rowe and Jeffrey A. Rosen, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Milton D. Andrews, Lance E. Tunick, Washington, D.C., Charles H. Lockwood, II, Detroit, Mich., and John T. Whattley were on the brief, for amicus curiae, Auto. Importers of America, Inc.

William H. Crabtree, Edward P. Good, Detroit, Mich., Stephen M. Shapiro, Andrew L. Frey and Kenneth S. Geller, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for amicus curiae, Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Ass'n of the U.S., Inc., et al.

Before EDWARDS, STARR and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

STARR, Circuit Judge:

The United States brought this action against General Motors Corporation ("GM") alleging various violations of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq. (1982) ("the Act") arising out of allegedly defective brakes in GM's 1980 model X-cars. Following a lengthy bench trial, United States District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson...

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