Legal Opinion

Nissan North America, Inc. v. Jim M'lady Oldsmobile, Inc., D.B.A. Jim M'lady Nissan

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 4, 2002No. 01-2993PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Jim M’Lady Nissan appeals from the district court’s order compelling it to arbitrate a dispute concerning Nissan North America’s announced intention to drop M’Lady as one of its dealers. Our doubts that Nissan produced sufficient evidence of arbitrability, coupled with M’Lady’s lack of opportunity to introduce evidence rebutting arbitrability given the procedural posture in which the court decided the question, lead us to remand the case for further proceedings.

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In 1992, Nissan and M’Lady entered a written “dealer agreement” that allowed M’Lady to operate…

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