STATE OF FLORIDA

DEPARTME T OF HIGHWAY SAFETY A D MOTOR VEHICLE

DOAH CASE NO.: 14-0541 M CASE NO.: 14-272

FINAL ORDER#: HSMY-15- t/ -S-MS

COPANS MOTORS, INC. D/B/A CHAMPION PORSCHE,

Petitioners,

v .

PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, I C.,

Respondents.

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FINAL ORDER

This matter came before the D partment for entry of a Final Order pursuant to an Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction by the Honorable Mary Li Creasy, Administrative Law Judge of the Division of Admini trative Hearings entered on June 27 2014. The Order direct d the Department to place the instant case in abeyance until federal court litigation

betw en the parties in Copans Motors. lnc. v. Porsche Cars North America. Inc.. Case No. 0:14- 60413-ci v-Hurley /Hop kins in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida was resolved.

FINDING OF FACTS

1. The Department entered an Order Abating Action on July 7 2014.

1. Copans Motors, Inc. d/ b/a Champion Porsche, Petitioners and Porsche Cars orth Amer ica , Inc. Respondents have settled th i sues involving Case o. 0:14-60413-civ­

   Hurley /Hopki ns in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

   
   

   Filed January 15, 2015 9:38 AM Division of Administrative Hearings

2. Petitioner, Copans Motors, Inc. d/b/a Champion Porsche, filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal on January 9, 2015.

3. The Department received Petitioner's Notice of Volunta ry Dismissal on or about January 12, 2015.

Accordingly, it is hereby

ORDERED and ADJUDGED that

1. Petitioner's Complaint and Petition Protesting Termination of Dealer Agreement and Request for Determinat ion of Unfair Discontinuation is DISMISSED.

2. The insta nt case is CLOSED.

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DONE AND ORDERED this day of January, 2015, in Ta llahassee, Leon County,

Florida. •

                         h          Bureau ofissuance Oversight Division of Motorist Services Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Neil Kirkman Building , Room A338 Tallahassee, Florida 32399

Filed with the Clerk of the Oivisio!Y)f Motorist Services

this /5 dayofJanuary,2015.

NOTICE OF APPEAL RIGHTS

Judicial review of this order may be had pursuant to section 120.68, Florida Statutes, in the District Court of Appeal for the First District, State of Florida, or in any other district court of appeal of this state in an appellate district where a party resides. In order to initiate such review, one copy of the notice of appeal must be filed with the Department and the other copy of the notice of appeal, together with the filing fee, must be filed with the court within thirty days of the filing date of this order as set out above, pursuant to Rules of Appellate Procedure.

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Copies furnished:

Edward Quinton, Esquire Quinton & Paretti, P.A. Brickell Bayview Center

80 Southwest 8th Street, Suite 2150

Miami, Florida 33130 eguinton@adamsguinton.com

Owen H. Smith, Esquire Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum and Nagelbert, LLP

200 West Madison Street, Suite 3900

Chicago, Illinois 60606 owen.smith@btkn.com

Audra A. Dial, Esquire

Kilpatrick, Townsend and Stockton, LLP 1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

The Honorable Mary Li Creasy Administrative Law Judge

Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building

1230 Apalachee Parkway

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550

Nalini Vinayak

Dealer License Administrator

Docket for Case No: 14-000541

Orders for Case No: 14-000541