King Coal Chevrolet Co. v. General Motors LLC

Justice KETCHUM:

The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia has submitted a certified question to this Court arising from a dispute between an automobile manufacturer, General Motors LLC (“General Motors”), and an automobile dealer, King Coal Chevrolet Company (“King Coal”). The issue before us is whether General Motors was required by W.Va.Code § 17A-6A-12(2) [2007] to provide King Coal with notice prior to entering into a new dealership agreement with another automobile dealer in King Coal’s “relevant market area.” The certified question submitted by the…