Legal Opinion
American Honda Motor Co. v. Richard Lundgren, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 23, 2002No. 02-1249PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
This diversity case concerns a prolonged effort by appellee American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (“Honda”) to franchise a new automobile dealership in Westborough, Massachusetts. This effort has been opposed under a Massachusetts dealer protection statute by appellant Richard Lund-gren, Inc. (“Lundgren”), which operates an existing local Honda dealership in Auburn, Massachusetts, about eleven miles west of the proposed new dealership. The district court put an end to this multi-act drama, granting summary judgment to Honda. We affirm.
Massachusetts, like a number of states,…
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