Legal Opinion
Central GMC, Inc. v. General Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 7, 1991No. 90-2712PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
The question in this case is whether a truck dealer has separate franchises for *329purposes of state law in the different lines of vehicles it is authorized to sell. The question of how a franchise should be defined grows out of General Motors Corporation’s (GMC) decision to discontinue manufacturing heavy duty trucks. Numerous GMC Truck dealers across the nation have challenged the impact of this decision on their businesses. Here, Central GMC, a Maryland dealership authorized to sell light, medium, and heavy duty trucks, contends that it had a separate franchise…
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