Georgia Franchise Practices Commission v. Massey-Ferguson, Inc.

The Georgia Franchise Practices Commission and its member commissioners appeal a declaratory judgment of the Fulton Superior Court which found the Motor Vehicle, Farm Machinery and Construction Equipment Franchise Practices Act, Ga. L. 1976, pp. 1440-1456, to be unconstitutional. In granting the appellee-plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, the trial court found that the Act is unconstitutional on the following grounds: (1) the Act violates Article 4, Section 4, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia declaring illegal all contracts and agreements that may have the effect,…