Metro Motors v. Nissan Motor Corp.

BYE, Circuit Judge.

This is a dispute between a car dealership and a car manufacturer over the latter’s attempt to enforce an exclusivity provision in the parties’ contract, notwithstanding the disfavor such provisions have under Minnesota’s Motor Vehicle Sale and Distribution Regulations (the Act), Minn. Stat. §§ 80E.01 — 80E.18. Nissan Motor Corporation, the manufacturer, appeals the district court’s2 refusal to order specific performance of the exclusivity provision. Metro Motors, the dealer, cross-appeals the district court’s refusal to hold exclusivity provisions unenforceable as a matter…