Center for Auto Safety v. Federal Trade Commission

MEMORANDUM

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiffs 1 request the Court to declare improper the participation of James Miller, III, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, in the so-called GM defects case. 2 In that proceeding, the Commission, by a 3-2 vote, approved a consent decree which provided for arbitration conducted by the Better Business Bureau in lieu of the direct reimbursement relief which had apparently been standard in other proceedings of this type. If Miller had recused himself, at 2-2 tie would have resulted and, under the Commission’s procedures, the…