UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff
v.
SUNTRUP BUICK-PONTIAC-GMC TRUCK, INC., and
SUNTRUP FORD, INC., corporations, and
THOMAS SUNTRUP, individually and as an officer of the corporations,
Defendants.
Civil Action No.
COMPLAINT FOR CIVIL PENALTIES, INJUNCTIVE AND OTHER RELIEF
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff, the United States of America, acting upon notification and
authorization to the Attorney General by the Federal Trade Commission
("FTC"), for its complaint alleges that:
1. Plaintiff brings this action under Sections 5(l), 9, 13(b), and
16(a) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 45(l), 49, 53(b), and 56(a), as
amended; the Consumer Leasing Act ("CLA"),
15 U.S.C. §§ 1667-1667f, as amended; and its implementing Regulation
M, 12 C.F.R. § 213, as amended; the Truth In Lending Act ("TILA"),
15 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1667, as amended; and its implementing Regulation Z,
12 C.F.R. § 226, as amended; to obtain monetary civil penalties, and
injunctive and other relief for defendants' violations of a final
cease and desist order issued by the FTC.
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
2. This Court has jurisdiction over this matter under 28 U.S.C.
§§ 1331, 1337(a), 1345, and 1355 and under 15 U.S.C. §§ 45(l), 49,
53(b), 56(a), and 1607(c).
3. Venue in the Eastern District of Missouri is proper under 15 U.S.C.
§ 53(b) and under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b-c) and 1395(a).
DEFENDANTS
4. Defendant Suntrup Buick-Pontiac-GMC Truck, Inc. ("Suntrup Buick")
is a Delaware corporation with its office and principal place of
business located within the Eastern District of Missouri at 4200 N.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff
SUNTRUP FORD, INC., corporations, and THOMAS SUNTRUP, individually and as an officer of the
COMPLAINT FOR CIVIL PENALTIES, INJUNCTIVE AND OTHER RELIEF
Plaintiff brings this action under Sections 5, 9, 13, and 16of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 45,
15 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1667, as amended; and its implementing Regulation Z,
Suntrup Buick transacts business in the Eastern District of Missouri.
Defendant Suntrup Ford, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its office and principal place of
Defendant Thomas Suntrup is an officer of the corporate defendants.
At all times material herein, defendants have maintained a course of trade in or affecting
At all times material herein, defendants have maintained a course of trade in or affecting
In an FTC administrative proceeding bearing Docket No. C-3779, the FTC's Complaint charged,
On January 5, 1998, the FTC issued a Decision and Order against Suntrup Buick and Suntrup
merce.
A copy of the FTC's Order is attached to this Complaint as Exhibit A.
In pertinent part, Part I of the FTC's Order prohibits defendants, in connection with any
More specifically, defendants may not state the amount of any payment or that any or no
ent that an extra charge may be imposed at the end of the lease term where the lessee's liability
Each failure by defendants to make the required disclosures, and/or to make the required
Acting Assistant Attorney General Civil Division
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