Legal Opinion
Leach v. Ford Motor Co.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 1, 1960No. Civ. 37927PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEIGERT, District Judge.
In this case the defendant Ford Motor Company has made a motion to dismiss under two rules of this Court, Rule 41 (b) and Rule 50(a), 28 U.S.C.A. The Court has had this motion under submission since the completion of the plaintiff’s presentation of its case.
The Automobile Dealers’ Franchise Act, under which this case is brought, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1221-1225, provides in substance, Sec. 1222, that an automobile dealer may bring suit against any automobile manufacturer engaged in commerce in any district court of the United States for the failure of the automobile…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- General Motors Corporation v. BlevinsDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1956
- Pinney & Topliff v. Chrysler CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1959
- Staten Island Motors, Inc. v. American Motors Sales Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1959
- Blenke Bros. Motors, Inc. v. Chrysler CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1960
3Cited by16 opinions
- Dahlberg Brothers, Inc. v. Ford Motor CompanySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
- B. T. Woodard and B. J. Woodard, D/B/A Woodard Motor Company v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Cecil Corley Motor Co., Inc. v. General Motors Corp.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1974
- Salco Corporation, Formerly Known and Doing Business as Denver Buick, Inc. v. General Motors Corporation, Buick Motor DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
- Zigmund A. Milos, Individually and Trading as Milos Ford Sales v. Ford Motor Company and A. W. Kennedy Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
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