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Timestamp: 2014-09-20 02:09:14
Document Index: 150320395

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 1', '§ 19', '§ 16720', '§ 4']

Consent Decree : U.S. and Oregon, Washington and California v. Mulkey
This document is available in two formats: this web page (for browsing content) and the PDF (comparable to original document formatting). To view the PDF you will need Acrobat Reader, which may be downloaded from the Adobe site. For an official signed copy, please contact the Antitrust Documents Group. HARDY MYERS Attorney General
Andrew E. Aubertine, Assistant Attorney General Oregon Department of Justice 1162 Court Street NE Salem, Oregon 97310 (503) 378-4732 OSB #83013 Liaison counsel for all plaintiffs
STATE OF OREGON, ex rel., Attorney General
HARDY MYERS, STATE OF WASHINGTON, ex rel., Attorney General CHRISTINE O. GREGOIRE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel., Attorney General DANIEL LUNGREN, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiffs, v. JEFF MULKEY, JERRY HAMPEL,
and RUSSELL SMOTHERMAN, Defendants. CIVIL ACTION
NO. CV 97 234-MA CONSENT DECREE Entered: June 16, 1997 Plaintiffs, through their respective attorneys, and defendants, through their respective attorneys or appearing pro se, have stipulated to entry of this Consent Decree in accordance with the terms of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. § 16 and that this Consent Decree shall be a consent judgment as the term is used in 15 U.S.C. § 16(a). WHEREAS: Plaintiffs, State of Oregon, State of Washington, State of California, and the United States Department of Justice through their respective attorneys, filed their complaint on February 11, 1997, alleging a violation of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 and counterpart state statutes, Oregon Revised Statutes 646.725; Revised Code of Washington § 19.86.030, and California Professional & Business Code §§ 16720-16770; WHEREAS: Defendants Jeff Mulkey, Jerry Hampel, Todd Whaley, Brad Pettinger, Joseph Speir, Thomas Timmer, Richard Sheldon, Dennis Sturgell, Allen Gann and Russell Smotherman deny any liability with respect to all matters which are the subject of the complaint; WHEREAS: There has been no determination by the Court that a violation of law occurred; WHEREAS: The plaintiffs and defendants desire to resolve their dispute without adjudication of any issue of law or fact; and WHEREAS: The Consent Decree shall not be evidence against nor an admission by any party with respect to any issue of law or fact; NOW, THEREFORE, before the taking of any testimony, and without trial or adjudication of any issue of law or fact herein, and upon the consent of the parties hereto, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED as follows: I. JURISDICTION This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter herein and each of the parties consenting hereto. This Court has jurisdiction over Counts I through VIII of the Complaint pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 4, 15 U.S.C.