Legal Opinion
Busam Motor Sales v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 14, 1953No. 11673_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment based on a verdict of a jury in favor of the defendant-appellee, Ford Motor Co., directed by the trial judge at the conclusion of the opening statement of the plaintiff-appellant.
Appellant, who was an authorized distributor of appellee’s motor vehicles under appellee’s standard form of contract, instituted this action to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the illegal termination of the contract by the appellee. In a former trial, appellant obtained a verdict in the amount of $87,000, which the district judge set aside by…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Best v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Bushwick-Decatur Motors, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Ford Motor Co. v. Kirkmyer Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1933
- Ford Motor Co. v. Busam Motor Sales, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Louis W. Repsold, Jr. v. New York Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
- L. J. Hablas v. Armour and Company, a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Beaudoin v. TaylorWyoming Supreme Court · 1972
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