Legal Opinion
Kia Motors America, Inc. v. Glassman Oldsmobile Saab Hyundai, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 7, 2013No. 12-1202PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
The goal of every car manufacturer is to sell as many cars as possible. To accomplish this goal they need dealers, which must invest substantial resources to build attractive facilities and advertise the latest models. Superficially, dealers share the manufacturer’s goal of selling as many cars as possible. But their mutual objectives may diverge if the manufacturer seeks to increase sales by appointing new dealers, whose efforts may erode the sales of existing dealers. Michigan recognized this potential problem in 1981 when it enacted the Motor Dealers Act (the…
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