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Volume 81 · 81 F.T.C. 984

Citation
81 F.T.C. 984
Docket
8843
Complaint
1971-05-26
Decision
1972-12-26
Document type
consent order
Case type
antitrust
Statutes
FTC Act (section 5)
Industry
softwood plywood
Outcome
consent order entered
Relief
divestiture; cease_and_desist
Source
Original volume PDF
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Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 81 F.T.C. 984 (1972). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v081-0113

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In. THe Marrer OF GEORGIA- PACIFIC CORPORATION .

7 CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD. TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF. THE . 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1987 2430 78 42 96.709244 Act,5 1 8 2 3 12 2083 2441 37 20 96.894112 as4 1 8 2 4 0 791 2478 1330 44 -1 5 1 8 2 4 1 791 2478 165 32 93.657372 amended5 1 8 2 4 2 977 2478 140 42 88.979996 (U.S.C.5 1 8 2 4 3 1135 2479 92 32 96.609772 Titles 1 8 2 4 4 1245 2482 49 37 96.908081 15,5 1 8 2 4 5 1310 2480 139 33 96.619408 Sections 1 8 2 4 6 1463 2481 74 41 96.211967 45),5 1 8 2 4 7 1552 2481 151 41 96.539398 through5 1 8 2 4 8 1718 2481 57 31 96.715164 thes 1 8 2 4 9 1791 2481 204 41 96.243088 acquisitions 1 8 2 4 10 2009 2483 39 32 96.757248 of5 1 8 2 4 11 2062 2483 59 31 96.868507 thea 1 8 2 5 0 789 2530 1328 42 -1 5 1 8 2 5 1 789 2530 95 31 95.908363 stocks 1 8 2 5 2 900 2530 68 31 96.058655 ands 1 8 2 5 3 985 2533 105 28 96.038788 assets5 1 8 2 5 4 1107 2530 38 31 96.477295 of5 1 8 2 5 5 1163 2530 138 32 90.983521 various5 1 8 2 5 6 1317 2530 247 42 96.264275 corporations,5 1 8 2 5 7 1580 2532 36 31 96.967560 as5 1 8 2 5 8 1632 2531 212 32 95.612503 hereinafter5 1 8 2 5 9 1860 2542 92 22 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2 7 11 1875 2634 36 31 96.227219 in5 1 8 2 7 12 1927 2635 58 31 96.734161 thes 1 8 2 7 13 2000 2635 119 41 96.855141 public Complaint . 81 FLTC.

witness Koman. It is the view of Commissioner MacIntyre that. the testimony of witness Koman should have been stricken for the reason stated in a dissenting opinion by him in January 1971 [78 F.T.C. 1564], during the course of an interlocutory appeal proceeding herein. Commissioner Jones agreed to the opinion on liability, but dissented to the order, and submitted a dissenting statement.

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