Legal Opinion
Three Rivers Motors Company v. The Ford Motor Company and Auto Lite Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 1, 1975No. 74-1710PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FORMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an interlocutory appeal 1 from the refusal of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to apply a general release to bar a pending antitrust action by Three Rivers Motors Company (Three Rivers) against Ford Motor Company (Ford). The release, executed in favor of Ford by Three Rivers upon termination of its Ford franchise, was raised by Ford in the context of a Rule 12(b)(6), Fed.R. Civ.P., motion to dismiss the antitrust claim. 2 For the reasons set forth herein, it is held that the release bars Three Rivers’…
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- D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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