Legal Opinion
Kenworth of Boston, Inc. v. Paccar Financial Corporation, and Ronald Russo, Paccar Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 29, 1984No. 83-1861PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Kenworth of Boston, Inc. (“KOB”) distributes Kenworth trucks manufactured by defendant Paccar Inc. (“Paccar”). Before late 1982, Paccar not only sold KOB its trucks, but also financed the factory sales. To be more specific, it advanced KOB the money it needed to pay for the trucks between the time they left the factory and the time KOB resold them to retail customers — a service called “floor plan financing.” Paccar provided this financing through a wholly-owned subsidiary called Paccar Financial Corp. In 1982, Paccar and KOB began to argue about whether KOB had…
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