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19-000636 Morse Operations, Inc., D/B/A Ed Morse Cadillac Sawgrass vs. Mar-Ocean, Llc, And General Motors Llc (Sawgrass)
 Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, August 8, 2019.

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1STATE OF FLORIDA

4DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES

11BRAMAN CADILLAC, INC. ,

14Petitioner,

15vs.

16HSMV Case Nos.: MS - 19 - 024

24MAR - OCEAN, LLC and GENERAL MOTORS

31LLC, DOAH Case Nos.: 19 - 0634

38Respondent s .

41______________________________________/

42MORSE OPERATIONS, INC. d/b/a

46ED MOR S E CADILLAC SAWGRASS ,

52Petitioner,

53vs. HSMV Case Nos.: MS - 19 - 027

62MAR - OCEAN, LLC and GENERAL MOTORS DOAH Case Nos.: 19 - 0636

75LLC,

76Respondent s .

79______________________________________/

80MORSE OPERATIONS, INC. d/b/a

84ED MORSE BAYVIEW CADILLAC ,

88Petitioner,

89vs. HSMV Case Nos.: MS - 19 - 02 8

99MAR - OCEAN, LLC and GENERAL MOTORS DOAH Case Nos.: 19 - 063 7

113LLC,

114Respondent s . FINAL ORDER NO.:

120______________________________________/

121FINAL ORDER DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICL ES

131This matter comes before the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for entry

145of a final order upon submission of the Order Closing Fil es and Relinquishing Jurisdiction issued

161August 8 , 2019, by the Honorable Robert L. Kilbride, Administrative Law Judge of the Division

176of Administrative Hearings, b ased on the Petitioners Ó Notices of Withdrawing Protests filed

190August 6, 2019 (Morse Operations, Inc.), and August 7, 2019 (Braman Cadillac, Inc.), copies of

205which are attached and incorporated by referen ce in this order.

216The Petitioner sÓ protest s having been withdrawn, the petition s are DISMISSED and the

231case s are CLOSED . If the RespondentsÓ application meet s all other requirements of law , the

248Page 1 of 3

252BRAMAN CADILLAC, INC. & MORSE OPERATIONS, INC. v. MAR - OCEAN, LLC & GENERAL MOTORS

267LLC

268HSMV Case No s . MS - 1 9 - 024, MS - 19 - 027 & MS - 19 - 038

290DOAH Case Nos. 19 - 0634, 19 - 0636 & 19 - 0637

303Bureau of Dealer Services may issue a license for the proposed relocation of the franchise motor

319vehicle dealer .

322DONE AND ORDERED this _____ day of __________ , 2019, at Tallahassee, Leon

334County, Florida.

336Robert Kynoch , Director of Motorist Services

342Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

3492900 Apalachee Parkway

352Tallahassee, Florida 32399

355COPIES FURNISHED this _____ day of __________ , 2019 , to:

364J oseph R. Gillespie, Agency Clerk John R. Skelton, Esquire

374Department of Highway Safety Seyfarth Shaw LLP

381and Motor Vehicles Two Seaport Lane , Suite 300

389Room A432, Mail Stop 2 Boston, Massachusetts 02210 - 2051

3992900 Apalachee Parkway jskelton@seyfarth.com

403Tallahassee, Florida 32399 - 0504 goleary@seyfarth.com

409ogcfiling@flhsmv.gov James Chafel McGrath, Esquire

414joegillesp ie@flhsmv.gov

416Seyfarth Shaw LLP

419Kenneth L. Paretti, Esquire Two Seaport Lane , Suite 300

428Quinton & Paretti, P.A. Boston, Massachusetts 02210 - 2051

4371 Southeast 3rd Avenue , Suite 1405 jcmcgrath@seyfarth.com

444Miami, Florida 33131 - 1726 lirusso@seyfarth.com

450kparetti@quintonparetti.com Jason T. Allen, Esquire

455A. Edward Quinton, Esquire Bass Sox Mercer

462Quinton & Paretti, P.A. 2822 Remington Green Circle

4701 Southeast 3rd Avenue , Suite 1405 Tallahassee, Florida 32308 - 3769

481Miami, Florida 33131 - 1726 jallen@dealerlawyer.com

487equinton@quintonparetti.com hhodges@dealerlawyer.com

489William F. Benson, Esquire Nicholas A. Bader, Esquire

497Seyfarth Shaw LLP Bass Sox Mercer

503Two Seaport Lane , Suite 300 2822 Remington Green Circle

512Boston, Massachusetts 02210 - 2 051 Tallahassee, Florida 32308 - 3769

523wbenson@seyfarth.com nbader@dealerlawyer.com

525goleary@seyfarth.com sstrickler@dealerlawyer.com

527Page 2 of 3

531BRAMAN CADILLAC, INC. & MORSE OPERATIONS, INC. v. MAR - OCEAN, LLC & GENERAL MOTORS

546LLC

547HSMV Case No s . MS - 1 9 - 024, MS - 19 - 027 & MS - 19 - 038

569DOAH Case Nos. 19 - 0634, 19 - 0636 & 19 - 0637

582Richard N. Sox, Esquire Eric VanderPloe g, Esquire

590Bass Sox Mercer Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.

5992822 Remington Green Circle 330 North Wabash Avenue

607Tallahassee, Florida 32308 - 3769 Chicago, Illinois 60611 - 3607

617rsox@dealerlawyer.com evanderploeg@burkelaw.com

619Ira M. Levin, Esquire Ed Broyles , Chief of Dealer Services

629Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C. Department of Highway Safety

639330 North Wabash Avenue , Suite 2100 and Motor Vehicles

648Chicago, Illinois 60611 - 3607 Neil Kirk man Building, Room A - 312, MS 65

663ilevin@burkelaw.com 2900 Apalachee Parkway

667Tallahassee, Florida 32399 - 0635

672edbroyles@flhsmv.gov

673NOTICE OF APPEAL RIGHTS

677A party adversely aff ected by this final order may seek judicial review as provided in

693section 120.68, Florida Statutes, and Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.190. Judicial review

706is initiated by filing a notice of appeal with the Agency Clerk, and a copy of the notice of appeal,

726accompanied by the filing fee, with the appropriate district court of appeal. The notice of appeal

742must conform to the requirements of Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.110(d) and must be

757filed ( i.e., received by the Agency Clerk) within thirty days of rendition of this final order.

774Filing with the Department Ó s Agency Clerk may be accomplished by U.S. mail, express

789overnight delivery, hand delivery, facsimile transmission, or electronic mail. The address for

801overnight delivery or hand delivery i s Joseph Gillespie, DHSMV Agency Clerk, Department of

815Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 2900 Apalachee Parkway, A - 432, MS - 2, Tallahassee,

830Florida 32399. The facsimile number is (850) 617 - 5112. The email address is

844OGCFiling@flhsmv.gov .

846Page 3 of 3

850BRAMAN CADILLAC, INC. & MORSE OPERATIONS, INC. v. MAR - OCEAN, LLC & GENERAL MOTORS

865LLC

866HSMV Case No s . MS - 1 9 - 024, MS - 19 - 027 & MS - 19 - 038

888DOAH Case Nos. 19 - 0634, 19 - 0636 & 19 - 0637

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Proceedings
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Date: 09/03/2019
Proceedings: Agency Final Order
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Date: 09/03/2019
Proceedings: Agency Final Order filed.
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Date: 08/13/2019
Proceedings: Transmittal letter from Claudia Llado forwarding confidential documents sought to be reviewed and referenced in the Motion for Leave to File Materials Under Seal to Petitioner, Morse Operations, Inc.,m d/b/a Ed Morse Cadillac Sawgrass.
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Date: 08/08/2019
Proceedings: Order Closing Files and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Date: 08/07/2019
Proceedings: Braman Cadillac, Inc.'s Notice of Withdrawing Protest filed.
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Date: 08/06/2019
Proceedings: Morse Operations, Inc.'s Notice of Withdrawing Protests filed.
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Date: 08/05/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner's Notice of Cancellation of Amended Cross-Notice of Taking Depositions filed.
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Date: 07/30/2019
Proceedings: Order on Joint Motion to Stay All Deadlines and Proceedings Pending Settlement Negotiations.
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Date: 07/30/2019
Proceedings: Joint Motion to Stay All Deadlines and Proceedings Pending Settlement Negotiations filed.
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Date: 07/23/2019
Proceedings: Order Granting General Motors LLC's Unopposed Motion to Extend Time to Comply with Discovery Orders.
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Date: 07/22/2019
Proceedings: General Motors LLC's Unopposed Motion to Extend Time to Comply with Discovery Orders filed.
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Date: 07/19/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner's Amended Cross-Notice of Taking Depositions filed.
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Date: 07/16/2019
Proceedings: Supplemental Order on Discovery.
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Date: 07/15/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner's Cross-Notice of Taking Depositions filed.
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Date: 07/12/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner's Amended Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum filed.
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Date: 07/12/2019
Proceedings: Omnibus Order on Motions to Compel, Motions to Continue, and Motion for Leave to File Materials Under Seal (hearing set for August 26 through 28 and September 3 through 6, 2019; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
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Date: 07/11/2019
Proceedings: Mar-Ocean LLCs Opposition to Petitioners Motions to Continue Hearing filed.
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Date: 07/09/2019
Proceedings: General Motors LLC's Combined Opposition to Petitioners' Motions to Compel and Motions to Continue Final Hearing filed.
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Date: 07/05/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner Braman Cadillac, Inc.'s Amended Motion for Continuance filed.
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Date: 07/05/2019
Proceedings: Order Denying Petitioner Braman Cadillac, Inc.'s Motion for Continuance.
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Date: 07/05/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner Bramn Cadillac, Inc.'s Motion for Continuance filed.
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Date: 07/03/2019
Proceedings: Petitioners' Motion to Continue Final Hearing filed.
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Date: 07/03/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner's Re-Notice of Taking Deposition of Michael Farnum filed.
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Date: 07/03/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner's Re-Notice of Taking Deposition of Todd Newsome filed.
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Date: 07/03/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner Braman Cadillac, Inc.'s Motion to Compel filed.
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Date: 07/02/2019
Proceedings: Letter from Hillary Hodges regarding attachments to Motion for Leave to File Materials Under Seal (confidential information; not available for viewing) filed.
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Date: 07/02/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner Morse Operations Inc., d/b/a Ed Morse Bayview Cadillac and Ed Morse Cadillac Sawgrass Motion for Leave to File Materials Under Seal filed.
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Date: 07/02/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner Morse Operations Inc., d/b/a Ed Morse Bayview Cadillac and Ed Morse Cadillac Sawgrass, Motion to Compel Production of Documents and Witnesses filed.
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Date: 07/02/2019
Proceedings: Amended Notice of Deposition of Richard Danahy filed.
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Date: 07/02/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Deposition of Richard Kotzen filed.
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Date: 07/02/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Deposition of Alex Shack filed.
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Date: 07/02/2019
Proceedings: Amended Notice of Deposition of Braman Cadillac, Inc. filed.
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Date: 07/02/2019
Proceedings: Amended Notice of Deposition of Randy Hoffman filed.
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Date: 07/02/2019
Proceedings: Amended Notice of Deposition of Morse Operations, Inc. d/b/a Ed Morse Cadillac Sawgrass filed.
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Date: 07/02/2019
Proceedings: Amended Notice of Deposition of Morse Operations, Inc. d/b/a Ed Morse Bayview Cadillac filed.
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Date: 07/02/2019
Proceedings: Respondent General Motors LLC's Amended Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum (Joseph Roesner) filed.
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Date: 07/02/2019
Proceedings: Amended Notice of Deposition of Richard Danahy filed.
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Date: 06/26/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Deposition of Richard Danahy filed.
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Date: 06/26/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Deposition of Randy Hoffman filed.
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Date: 06/26/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Deposition of David Leibowitz filed.
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Date: 06/26/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Deposition of Morse Operations, Inc. d/b/a Ed Morse Bayview Cadillac filed.
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Date: 06/26/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Deposition of Morse Operations, Inc. d/b/a Ed Morse Cadillac Sawgrass filed.
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Date: 06/26/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Deposition of Braman Cadillac, Inc. filed.
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Date: 06/24/2019
Proceedings: Joint Notice of Cancellation of Depositions filed.
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Date: 06/13/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner's Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum filed.
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Date: 06/07/2019
Proceedings: Petitiner's Notice of Taking Deposition filed.
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Date: 06/07/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner's Notice of Taking Deposition filed.
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Date: 06/05/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Serving Discovery filed.
Date: 06/05/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner Braman Cadillac, Inc.'s Amended Response to General Motors, LLC's First Set of Interrogatories filed (filed in error; confidential information; not available for viewing).  Confidential document; not available for viewing.
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Date: 05/31/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Service of Responses to Discovery filed.
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Date: 05/20/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Serving Responses to Discovery filed.
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Date: 05/14/2019
Proceedings: Protective Order Regarding Confidential Information.
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Date: 05/09/2019
Proceedings: Joint Motion for Entry of Stipulated Protective Order Regarding Confidential Information filed.
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Date: 04/30/2019
Proceedings: Respondent General Motors LLC's Notice of Serving Discovery Responses filed.
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Date: 04/23/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Serving Discovery filed.
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Date: 04/12/2019
Proceedings: Respondent General Motors LLC's Notice of Serving Discovery Responses filed.
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Date: 04/10/2019
Proceedings: Respondent General Motors LLC's Notice of Serving Discovery Requests filed.
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Date: 03/22/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner Morse Operations, Inc.'s Notice of Serving Discovery to Respondent Mar-Ocean, LLC, filed.
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Date: 03/22/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Serving Discovery filed.
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Date: 03/14/2019
Proceedings: Order Accepting Qualified Representative.
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Date: 03/13/2019
Proceedings: Respondent Mar-Ocean, LLC's Request for Representation by Qualified Representatives filed.
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Date: 03/13/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (Ira Levin; filed in Case No. 19-000637).
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Date: 03/13/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (Ira Levin; filed in Case No. 19-000636).
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Date: 03/13/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (Ira Levin) filed.
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Date: 03/13/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (Eric VanderPloeg; filed in Case No. 19-000636).
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Date: 03/13/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (Eric VanderPloeg) filed.
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Date: 03/13/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (Eric VanderPloeg; filed in Case No. 19-000637).
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Date: 03/04/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Serving Discovery filed.
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Date: 02/25/2019
Proceedings: Order Severing Case and Closing File (19-0638 severed and closed).
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Date: 02/22/2019
Proceedings: Petitioner's Notice of Withdrawing Protest (Williamson Cadillac Company d/b/a Williamson Cadillac) filed.
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Date: 02/20/2019
Proceedings: Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Date: 02/20/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Hearing (hearing set for August 5 through 7 and 26 through 28, 2019; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
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Date: 02/20/2019
Proceedings: Order of Consolidation (DOAH Case Nos. 19-0634, 19-0636, 19-0637, 19-0638).
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Date: 02/19/2019
Proceedings: Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Date: 02/13/2019
Proceedings: Order Granting Extension of Time and Order to Show Cause.
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Date: 02/12/2019
Proceedings: Joint Motion for Additional Time to Respond to Initial Order filed.
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Date: 02/12/2019
Proceedings: Order Accepting Qualified Representatives.
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Date: 02/12/2019
Proceedings: Respondent General Motors LLC's Request for Representation by Qualified Representatives filed.
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Date: 02/12/2019
Proceedings: Order Denying Respondent's Request for Representation by Qualified Representatives.
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Date: 02/12/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (Nicholas Bader) filed.
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Date: 02/12/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (Richard Sox) filed.
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Date: 02/12/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (Jason Allen) filed.
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Date: 02/11/2019
Proceedings: Respondent General Motors LLC's Request for Representation by Qualified Representatives filed.
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Date: 02/11/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (William Benson) filed.
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Date: 02/05/2019
Proceedings: Initial Order.
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Date: 02/05/2019
Proceedings: Agency action letter filed.
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Date: 02/05/2019
Proceedings: Petition or Complaint Protesting Additional Manufacturer Dealership filed.
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Date: 02/05/2019
Proceedings: Agency referral filed.

Case Information

Judge:
ROBERT L. KILBRIDE
Date Filed:
02/05/2019
Date Assignment:
02/05/2019
Last Docket Entry:
09/03/2019
Location:
Tallahassee, Florida
District:
Northern
Agency:
ADOPTED IN TOTO
 

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