Legal Opinion
Deere & Co. v. Ford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 23, 2001PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
A judge in the Superior Court reported to the Appeals Court three questions of law after she denied part of a motion for summary judgment filed by the plaintiff, Deere & Company (Deere). See G. L. c. 231, § 111; Mass. R. Civ. P. 64 (a), as amended, 423 Mass. 1403 (1996). The dispositive question is whether G. L. c. 93B, entitled “Regulation of Business Practices Between Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Distributors *224and Dealers,” applies to the business operations of the defendant James A. Ford, Jr. (Ford). Those business operations involve the sales of two lines of products furnished by Deere to…
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