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California Motor Vehicles Department Appeals Chrysler Ruling.
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Sep. 19–The state Department of Motor Vehicles on Thursday announced that it’s going to court in an attempt to revive a controversial penalty against Chrysler Corp. and validate the agency’s findings that the auto maker illegally sold defective cars to more than 100 customers in the early 1990s. In a 10-page petition, the DMV is asking a Sacramento Superior Court judge to reverse a decision reached last month by one of its own branches, the New Motor… |
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