The Bendix Corporation
Volume 82 · 82 F.T.C. 784
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The Bendix Corporation, 82 F.T.C. 784 (1973). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v082-0061
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IN THE MATTER OF THE BENDIX CORPORATION, ET AL.
Docket 8789. Interlocutory Order, March 12, 1978. Subpoena issued by the administrative law judge directed to the Secretary of the Commission placed on the Commission’s own docket for review with the determination that filing of briefs is not appropriate, the review to be limited to whether subpoenaed memorandum constitutes part of the decision-making process of the Commission and whether disclosure of the document will inhibit free expression of opinion within the Commission. .
ORDER PLACING SUBPOENA ISSUED BY ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE TO COMMISSION SECRETARY ON THE COMMISSION’S DOCKET FOR REVIEW On its own motion, the Commission, pursuant to Section 8.23(a) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, has determined to place on its docket for review the subpoena issued by the administrative law judge in the above matter on February 15, 19738, directing Charles A. Tobin, Commission’s Secretary, to produce a “staff memorandum * * * asking for permission to conduct or recommending the ‘investigation into the Acts and Practices of Companies Manufacturing Automotive Parts, Accessories and Equipment.’” The Commission has further determined that the filing of briefs is not appropriate; therefore It is ordered, That the subpoena issued by the administrative law judge on February 15, 1973, be, and it hereby is, placed on the Commission’s docket for review; and The scope of the review is limited to whether the subpoenaed memorandum constitutes part of the decision making process of the Commission and whether disclosure of the document will inhibit the free expression of opinion within the Commission. Complaint