HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 16-70RESOLUTION N0. 16-70
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AUTHORIZING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
TO TAKE SUCH ACTION AS NECESSARY IN THE
PROSECUTION OF A CIVIL ANTITRUST SUIT AGAINST
CERTAIN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
1.. That the Attorney General of California, or any of
his authorized assistants or deputies, be authorized to take such
action on our behalf and in our name, as, in his sole discretion,
may be deemed a'ppropriate in the pre'paration, filing, service and
'prosecution of a Civil Antitrust Suit for damages and other legal
recovery against certain automobile manufacturers for conspiring
to retard the introduction of smog control devices in the State of
California; and
2. That this authorization includes the authority to
settle such litigation on such terms as the Attorney General or
any of his authorized assistants or deputies may ~eem appropriate,
and to allocate to us our pro'per and equitable share of any sum
recovered as damages excepting the amount of attorneys' fees,
costs, and expenses incurred by the Attorney General, as determined
or approved by the Court, whether by settlement, suit, or otherwise.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was
'passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 23rd day of March, 1970, by
the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIIJ~AEN BLEECKER, HEISEY, REES, RUCKER, STIERN, VETTER, WHII'I'EMORE
NOES: COUNCILMEN: ]7/7,~,._7,t,,~
AssEN-r CO TC,LMm: 72
ABSTAINING COUNCILMEN:
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CITY CLERK and E 0
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED thi~ 23rd Bay of March, 1970
:c~f... th,e ~ity~0? ~akersfield
APPROVED:
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