[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 35032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16451]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3579]


Service Corporation International; Prohibited Trade Practices, 
and Affirmative Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition--in 
connection with Service Corporation International's acquisition of 
Uniservice Corporation--this consent order requires, among other 
things, the Texas corporation to divest, to a Commission-approved 
acquirer, the Uniservice Corporation assets and businesses in Medford, 
Oregon, within twelve months or transfer responsibility for the 
divestiture to a trustee appointed by the Commission, and to obtain 
prior Commission approval, for a period of ten years, before acquiring 
any interest in funeral establishments or cemeteries in Jackson County, 
Oregon.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued May 16, 1995.\1\

    \1\Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
K. Shane Woods or Charles A. Harwood, FTC/Seattle Regional Office, 2806 
Federal Bldg., 915 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98174 (206) 220-6350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Thursday, March 9, 1995, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 12955, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Service Corporation 
International, for the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested 
parties were given sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, 
suggestions or objections regarding the proposed form of the order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order divest, as set 
forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition of this 
proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret or apply sec. 5, 38 
Stat. 719, as amended; sec. 7, 38 Stat. 731, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 
45, 18)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-16451 Filed 7-3-95; 8:45 am]
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