[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 125 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16482]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Docket C-3646]


Service Corporation International; Prohibited Trade Practices, 
and Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting 
unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of 
competition, this consent order permits Service Corporation 
International (SCI), the largest owner of funeral homes in North 
America, to acquire Gilbraltar Mausoleum Corporation and requires SCI, 
among other things, to divest, within 12 months, a number of 
properties, including assets in Amarillo, Texas, and Brevard and Lee 
Counties, Florida, to Commission-approved acquirers. In addition, the 
consent order requires SCI, for 10 years, to notify the Commission 
before acquiring certain similar assets in any of these markets.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued March 21, 1996.\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, NW., Washington, DC 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Harold Kirtz, Federal Trade Commission, Atlanta Regional Office, 1718 
Peachtree St., NW., Room 1000, Atlanta, GA. 30367. (404) 347-4837.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Friday, January 19, 1996, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 1512, 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 to 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. 96-16482 Filed 6-26-96; 8:45 am]
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