Legal Opinion
Best Motor and Implement Company, Inc. v. International Harvester Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1958No. 16784PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
The question here is whether the Trial Court properly directed a verdict for the Manufacturer in the Dealer’s suit for damages flowing from an asserted illegal cancellation of dealership contracts and a trespass committed in the course of cancellation. The cancellation issue presents for possible application Louisiana’s “fair deal” dealership act 1 and the tres pass claim concerns a possible illegal repossession or possession of some trucks for a few days.
Best Motor & Implement Company, the Dealer, had a short, but not quiet, business life at Kentwood, Louisiana.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- General Motors Corporation v. BlevinsDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1956
- Buggs v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
- Willys Motors, Inc. v. Northwest Kaiser-Willys, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1956
- Grandeson v. International Harvester Credit Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
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3Cited by6 opinions
- B. T. Woodard and B. J. Woodard, D/B/A Woodard Motor Company v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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- Augusta Rambler Sales, Inc. v. American Motors Sales Corp.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1963
- AFL Motors, Inc. v. CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATIONDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1960
- Tupelo Spindle Co. v. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1963
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