IN RE DETROIT AUTO DEALERS ASS'N, INC.

No. 95-3932.

84 F.3d 787 (1996)

In re DETROIT AUTO DEALERS ASSOCIATION, INC. THOMPSON-CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH, INC.; Joseph P. Thompson; Crestwood Dodge, Inc.; Bob Borst Lincoln-Mercury Sales, Inc., Robert C. Borst; Bob Dusseau Lincoln-Mercury; Robert F. Dusseau; Bob Maxey Lincoln-Mercury Sales, Inc.; Robert Maxey; Crest Lincoln-Mercury Sales, Inc.; William R. Ritchie; Stewart Chevrolet, Inc.; Gordon Stewart; Woody Pontiac Sales, Inc.; Woodrow W. Woody; Jack Demmer Ford; Jack E. Demmer; Al Long Ford, Inc.; Ed Schmid Ford, Inc.; Edward Schmid; Ray Whitfield Ford, Inc.; Ray Whitfield, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth S. Wilson (briefed), Stringari, Fritz, Kreger, Ahearn, Bennett & Hunsinger, Detroit, MI, James F. Rill (briefed), Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, DC, Glenn A. Mitchell (argued and briefed), David U. Fierst, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, John F. Youngblood (briefed), Abbott, Nicholson, Quilter, Esshaki & Youngblood, Detroit, MI, Lawrence F. Raniszeski (briefed), Bloomfield Hills, MI, Howard E. O'Leary (briefed), Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg, Washington, DC, for Thompson-Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., Joseph P. Thompson, Crestwood Dodge, Inc., Bob Borst Lincoln-Mercury Sales, Inc., Robert C. Borst, Bob Dusseau Lincoln-Mercury, Robert F. Dusseau, Bob Maxey Lincoln-Mercury Sales, Inc., Robert Maxey, Crest Lincoln-Mercury Sales, Inc., William R. Ritchie, Stewart Chevrolet, Inc., Gordon Stewart, Woody Pontiac Sales, Inc., Woodrow W. Woody, Jack Demmer Ford, Jack E. Demmer, Al Long Ford, Inc., Ed Schmid Ford, Inc., Edward Schmid, Ray Whitfield Ford, Inc., Raymond Whitfield.

David C. Shonka (argued and briefed), Office of the General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, for Federal Trade Commission.

Before: MERRITT, Chief Judge; LIVELY and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges.


WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

Having previously detailed the factual background and issues involved in this difficult and unusual case, see In Re Detroit Auto Dealers Ass'n, 955 F.2d 457 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 973, 113 S.Ct. 461, 121 L.Ed.2d 369 (1992), we provide only a cursory review of the facts here. In 1973, a large number of automobile dealerships in the Detroit...

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