Old Country Toyota Corp. v. Toyota Motor Distributors, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BOYLE, United States Magistrate Judge.

This action was removed to the federal court in December, 1993. It involves claims by the plaintiffs, Old Country Toyota Corp. and John S. Bucalo, Jr., a new car dealership and its principal owner, respectively (hereinafter referred to as “Old Country”) for breach of contract arising out of new car allocations made by the defendant, distributors of new vehicles, Toyota Motor Distributors, Inc. and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. (hereinafter called “Toyota Distributors”).

After approximately one and one-half years of litigation, by…