Yamaha Motor Corp. v. Patricia Stroud

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from the attempt of Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S.A. (Yamaha) to open a new Arkansas dealership for its motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. It understood that a 1997 legislative amendment had excluded this type of dealership from certain statutory application requirements, but state officials proceeded to invoke notice and hearing procedures which Yamaha believed were no longer applicable. Yamaha responded by filing this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action which the district court dismissed on the basis of abstention, and Yamaha appeals. We affirm the decision to…