Legal Opinion
Pierce Ford Sales, Inc., and Elmer W. Bemis, Trustee in Bankruptcy v. Ford Motor Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 5, 1962No. 26547_1PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Ford Motor Company (Ford) from a judgment for Pierce Ford Sales, Inc. (Pierce) and its trustee in bankruptcy, in an action to recover damages for allegedly wrongful conduct by Ford which prevented Pierce from disposing of its dealership contract with Ford. 1 The amended complaint contains two counts, one based on the Automobile Dealer Suits Against Manufacturers Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1221-1225; the other on the common law doctrine of unjustifiable interference with business expectancies. The case was tried to a jury, whose verdict awarded compensatory…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- A. S. Rampell, Inc. v. Hyster Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- B. T. Woodard and B. J. Woodard, D/B/A Woodard Motor Company v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Goldman v. FeinbergSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1944
- Pinney & Topliff v. Chrysler CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1959
- Barney Motor Sales v. Cal Sales, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1959
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3Cited by39 opinions
- United States v. Ralph 'Whitey' Tropiano, Lawrence R. Pellegrino and William Grasso,defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Dana I. Kestenbaum v. Falstaff Brewing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Cecil Corley Motor Co., Inc. v. General Motors Corp.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1974
- Randy's Studebaker Sales, Inc., D/B/A Randy's Datsun Sales v. Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Globe Motors, Inc. v. Studebaker-Packard CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
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