Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. v. Tony Riney Steve Landers Emmett Jones Jack Caldwell William Gandy Leah Leonard, Cycle Center, Inc., Intervenor

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

The Yamaha Motor Corporation (Yamaha) appeals the district court’s order abstaining from, and dismissing without prejudice, Yamaha’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against six members of the Arkansas Motor Vehicle Commission (the Commission). Because we find that the district court erred when it abstained from exercising its jurisdiction over this action, we reverse and remand to the district court for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1986, Cycle Center, Inc., (Cycle Center) entered into a dealer agreement (the Agreement) with Yamaha. That Agreement, which furnished the terms…