Fireside Chrysler-Plymouth Mazda, Inc. v. CHRYSLERM CORP.

PRESIDING JUSTICE LINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, automobile franchisee, brought an action against defendant, automobile franchiser, alleging violation of the Illinois Motor Vehicle Franchise Act, as amended (Ill. Rev. Stat., 1981 & 1983 Supp., ch. 1211/2, pars. 751 through 764). Plaintiff asserts that the amended Act should be applied to protect not only those dealers that entered into franchise agreements after the effective date of the Act, but also those which, like plaintiff, entered into agreements prior to that date. Plaintiff specifically urges application of a 1983…