Andy Mohr West d/b/a Andy Mohr Toyota, Butler Motors, Inc. d/b/a Butler Toyota, and TW Toy, Inc. d/b/a Tom Wood Toyota v. Office of the Ind. Secretary of State, Auto Dealer Services Div.

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 49A02-1411-PL-812

MASSA, Justice.

Three central Indiana Toyota dealerships protested the relocation of a fourth Toyota dealership. The Auto Dealer Services Division dismissed their action for lack of standing — affirmed by the trial court — concluding the dealerships were outside the “relevant market area,” as defined by the Indiana Dealer Services Act, Ind.Code § 9-32-2-20 (Supp.2015). We are asked to decide whether the Division’s interpretation of that statutory definition was reasonable. Finding it was, we affirm.

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