Legal Opinion
Gallo Motor Center Corp. v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 7, 2002No. CIV.A. 01-40157-NMGPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
GORTON, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Gallo Motor Center Corporation (“Gallo”), contests the establishment of a new dealership by Mazda Motor of America, Inc. (“Mazda”) on Route 9 at Walnut Street in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The gravamen of the plaintiffs complaint is that Mazda’s proposed dealer site in Shrewsbury violates the so-called “Dealer’s Bill of Rights”, M.G.L. c 93B § 4(3)0 )•
This action is here under federal diversity jurisdiction, i.e. the plaintiff is a Massachusetts corporation and the defendant is a California corporation.
On November 5, 2001, this Court…
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