Legal Opinion
Beck Chevrolet Co. v. General Motors LLC
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 3, 2016No. 48PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rivera, J.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit certified to this Court questions requiring our interpretation of two provisions of New York’s Franchised Motor Vehicle Dealer Act (Dealer Act), codified at Vehicle and Traffic Law § 460 et seq. The first question concerns the propriety of a franchisor sales performance standard that relies on statewide data and some local variances, but fails to account for local brand popularity. Based on our reformulation of the question, we conclude that use of such a standard to determine compliance with a franchise…
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