Empire Volkswagen Inc. v. World-Wide Volkswagen Corp.

MINER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants Empire Volkswagen, Inc., Empire City Motors, Inc. and Susanne Properties, companies formerly associated with Volkswagen-Porsche-Audi and Ford dealerships in Poughkeepsie, New York, and Donald Amerling, principal owner of those companies, appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kram, J.) in favor of defendantappellee World-Wide Volkswagen, Inc. (“World-Wide”). Appellants’ complaint asserted federal Automobile Dealers’ Day in Court Act (“Dealers’ Act”) claims, see 15 U.S.C. § 1221 et…