Legal Opinion
Rochester Ford Sales, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 24, 2002No. 01-2049PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GERTNER, District Judge.
This ease asks us to construe the validity of a general release provision in a sales and service (i.e., dealership) agreement between an automobile manufacturer and its licensed dealer. In December 1999, plaintiff-appellant Rochester Ford Sales (“RFS”), a Ford dealership, sued defendant-appellee Ford Motor Co. (“Ford”), claiming, inter alia, that Ford’s refusal to approve another licensed dealer’s offer to purchase RFS’s assets and dealership rights in 1995 violated N.H.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 357-C:3:I (“ § 357-C”). The statute provides:
It shall be deemed an unfair method of…
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