Legal Opinion
Belleville Toyota, Inc. v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 30, 2000No. 5-98-0016PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Chapman
This case involves a claim by a Toyota dealership against the defendants, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., the authorized importer of new Toyota vehicles into the United States, and Toyota Motor Distributors, the wholesale distributor of those vehicles (collectively, defendants). Since 1973, the plaintiff, Belleville Toyota, Inc., doing business as Bill Newbold Toyota (plaintiff), has been selling Toyotas in Belleville, Illinois. In 1989 plaintiff filed a lawsuit against defendants for an injunction to prevent the opening of a new Toyota dealership in nearby Collinsville, Illinois. The 1989 action…
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