- 3 - Hereinafter, we generally use the acronym ADI indiscriminately to refer to petitioners, to ADI, and to the ADI- related corporations. FINDINGS OF FACT Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found. At the time the petitions were filed, both petitioners’ principal places of business were located in Reno, Nevada. ADI and its related corporations buy and sell manufactured homes in the same manner. Manufactured homes are constructed at a factory location and are then transported directly to homesites of retail purchasers. ADI has been selling manufactured homes for more than 30 years, and ADI has become the largest seller of manufactured homes in Arizona and one of the largest sellers of manufactured homes in the Southwestern United States. In recent years, ADI has expanded its sales of manufactured homes to 192 locations in 22 states. From the 1970s through the late 1990s, ADI purchased completed manufactured homes from unrelated manufacturers and sold the manufactured homes directly to retail customers using individual salespersons who worked for ADI as employees. In the late 1990s, however, as a result of a significant decline in business and excessive costs such as employee wages and commissions, a number of manufacturers of manufactured homesPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next
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