Smith MacHinery Corp. v. Hesston, Inc.

OPINION

SOSA, Senior Justice.

Plaintiff Smith Machinery Corporation, a farm implement dealer, sought an injunction and declaratory relief against Hesston Inc. alleging violations of motor vehicle dealer franchising requirements and practices in restraint of trade. Smith appeals the summary judgment granted Hesston by the district court as to the dealer franchising claim as well as the court’s dismissal of the restraint of trade claim at the conclusion of plaintiff’s case-in-chief.

I. MOTOR VEHICLE FRANCHISING

The first issue we address is whether a piece of farm machinery called a windrow-er is a…