A federal antitrust lawsuit was filed against Ford, which dragged on through the remainder of the 1960s, ultimately being decided in 1972 by the Supreme Court against Ford, and Ford was forced to sell its Autolite-related assets to the Bendix Corporation by 1973.
Ford encountered a federal antitrust lawsuit that spanned the latter part of the 1960s before being resolved by the Supreme Court in 1972. As a consequence, Ford was required to divest its Autolite-related assets to Bendix Corporation by 1973.