STATE OF FLORIDA E | { E ry DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES va ew Th FINAL ORDER #: HSMV-06-1177-S-DMV 200 NOY 17 Att 18 BRAMAN PALM BEACH, INC. d/b/a ADMIHee ave BRAMAN HONDA OF PALM BEACH; HEARINGS BRAMAN IMPORTS, INC. d/b/a BRAMAN HONDA; RICK CASE CARS, INC., d/b/a RICK CASE HONDA AND DIRECT H, LLC d/b/a KUHN HONDA, Case No. 06-2945 Petitioner, vs. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. Respondent. RICK CASE AUTO, INC., d/b/a RICK. CASE ACURA AND FERMAN MOTOR CAR COMPANY, INC. d/b/a FERMAN ACURA Petitioner, vs. Case No. 06-2949 AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. Respondent. / CROWN MOTORS OF CLEARWATER, INC., d/b/a CROWN ACURA, Petitioner, vs. Case No. 06-3125 AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. Respondent. CLASSIC CAR COMPANY, d/b/a CLASSIC HONDA, CROWN MANAGEMENT COMPANY d/b/a CROWN HONDA AND LUCAS INVES TMENTS, INC., d/b/a LUCAS HONDA OF JACKSONVILLE, Petitioner, vs. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC,, Respondent. / SOUTH MOTOR COMPANY OF DADE COUNTY Petitioner, vs. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. Respondent. DON MEALEY IMPORTS, INC, Petitioner, vs, AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, INC. Respondent. BENGAL MOTOR COMPANY, LTD., HOLLYWOOD IMPORTS LIMITED, INC,, D/L MOTOR COMPANY AND AUTONATION IMPORTS OF LONGWOOD, INC. Petitioner, vs. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, INC., Respondent. / $e Case No. 06-3174 Case No. 06-3220 Case No. 06-3221 Case No. 06-3222 FINAL ORDER This matter came before the Department for entry of a Final Order upon submission of an Order Closing Files by Stuart M. Lemer, an Administrative Law Judge of the Division of Administrative Hearings, a copy of which is attached and incorporated by reference in this order. The Department hereby adopts the Order Closing File as its Final Order in this matter. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that this case is closed. is _[ te . DONE AND ORDERED this /¢— day of November, 2006, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. Zhowbl Por, O- CARL A: FORD, Director ]}— Division of Motor Vehicles ~ Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Neil Kirkman Building Tallahassee, Florida 32399 Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Motor Vehicles this 7677 day of November, 2006. 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. Copies furnished: Kenneth L. Paretti, Esquire Adams, Quinton & Paretti, PA. 80 Southwest Eighth Street, Suite 2150 Miami, Florida 33130 Dean Bunch, Esquire Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP 3600 Maclay Boulevard, South, Suite 202 Tallahassee, Florida 32312-1267 John W. Forehand, Esquire Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. 125 South Gadsden Street, Suite 300 Tallahassee, Florida 32301-1525 J. Martin Hayes, Esquire Myers & Fuller, P.A. 2822 Remington Green Circle Tallahassee, Florida 32308 Michael J. Alderman, Esquire Assistant General Counsel Department of Highway Safety and:Motor Vehicles — Neil Kirkman Building, Rm. A-432 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0504 Stuart M. Lerner Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building ~ 1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550 Nalini Vinayak Dealer License Administrator Florida Administrative Law Reports Post Office Box 385 Gainesville, Florida 32602 STATE OF FLORIDA DIVISION. oF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS BRAMAN PALM BEACH, INC., d/b/a BRAMAN HONDA OF PaLM BEACH; BRAMAN IMPORTS, INC., a/b/a BRAMAN HONDA; RICK CASE CARS, INC., d/b/a RICK casE HONDA ; © AND DIRECT H, LLC. a/b/a KUHN HONDA, Petitioner, . vs. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR co., INC., Respondent . RICK CASE AUTO, INC., d/b/a RICK CASE ACURA AND FERMAN MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Inc., d/b/a FERMAN ACURA, Petitioner, vs. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR co., INC., Respondent . CROWN MOTORS OF CLEARWATER, INC., d/b/a CROWN ACURA, Petitioner, vs. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR cO., INC., Respondent ; ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) } } ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) } ) } } ) ) RECEIvEp OCT 25 one Dept af Highua y Sarety & 8 ef Gener Counge es Case No. 06-2945 Case No. 06-2949 Case No. 06-3125 CLASSIC CAR COMPANY, d/b/a CLASSIC HONDA; CROWN MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a/b/a CROWN HONDA; AND LUCAS INVESTMENTS, INC., d/b/a LUCAS HONDA OF JACKSONVILLE, : Petitioner, vs. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR co., Inc., Respondent . SOUTH MOTOR COMPANY OF DADE COUNTY, . Petitioner, vs. ‘AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, INC., Respondent. DON MEALEY IMPORTS, INC., Petitioner, Vs. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY , INC., . . Respondent . ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 06-3174 Case No. 06-3220 ‘Case No. 06-3221 BENGAL MOTOR COMPANY, LTD. ; HOLLYWOOD IMPORTS LIMITED, AUTONATION IMPORTS OF LONGWOOD INC., . t Petitioner, vs. Case No. 06-3222 AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, INC., : Respondent . eS eS SS SS ORDER CLOSING FILES On October 10, 2006, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. , (American .Honda) filed a Notice of Withdrawal of Proposed Dealer Agreement from Consideration by Petitioners and Motion to Dismiss as Moot in the instant consolidated cases. On October 17, 2006, the Petitioners in DOAH Case Nos. 06-2945, 06-2949, 06-3125, and 06-3174 filed Responses’ to American Honda Motor Company's Notice of Withdrawal and Motion to Dismiss (Responses), in which they requested that the undersigned "accept, ratify and approve American Honda Motor Company's withdrawal of its May 17, 2006 Notice of Intent to Replace the Existing Honda/Acura Sales and Service Agreement with a succeeding Honda/Acura Sales and Service Agreement and the withdrawal of the new proposed Honda/Acura Sales and Service Agreement and enter an Order dismissing this action and finding that the Petitioners and any of their successors, transferees or assigns shall continue to operate _ under the existing Sales and Service Franchise Agreement and that the existing Sales and Service Franchise Agreement shall have full force and effect and for any further relief which this Court may deem just and appropriate." on October 19, 2006, American Honda filed a Reply to Response to Notice of Withdrawal of Proposed Dealer Agreement for Consideration by Petitioners and Motion to Dismiss as Moot, in which it argued that "[n]either DOAH nor DHSMV has jurisdiction to grant the relief requested by Petitioners." . American Honda's withdrawal of the proposed agreements having, rendered the instant controversies moot, the files of the Division of Administrative Hearings in these consolidated cases are hereby closed and these matters are returned to the agency with the recommendation that the agency enter a final order of dismissal and take no further action with respect to these Matters. See Carlin v. State, No. 1D05-4235, 2006 Fla. App. LEXTS 17204 *4-5 (Fla, ist DCA October 16, 2006); and A.G. v. Department of Children & Family Services, 932 So. 2d 311, 313-314 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2006). DONE AND ORDERED this 23rd day of October, 2006, in Tallahassée, Leon County, Florida. Awe Mme STUART M. LERNER Administrative Law Judge Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway — Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060 (850) 488-9675 SUNCOM 278- 5675 Fax Filing (850) 921-6847 www.doah.state.fl.us Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 23rd day of October, 2006. COPIES FURNISHED: Kenneth L. Paretti, Esquire Adams, Quinton & Paretti, PA. 80 Southwest Eighth Street, Suite 2150 Miami, Florida 33130 : Dean Bunch, Esquire Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP 3600 Maclay Boulevard, South, Suite 202 : Tallahassee, Florida 32312-1267 John W. Forehand, Esquire Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. 125 South Gadsden, Street, Suite 300 Tallahassee, Florida 32301-1525 Martin Hayes, Esquire Myers & Fuller 2822 Remington Green Circle Tallahassee, Florida 32308 Michael J. Alderman, Esquire Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Neil Kirkman Building, Room A-432 2900 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0635

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