Brattleboro Auto Sales, Inc. v. Subaru of New England, Inc.

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Brattleboro Auto Sales, Inc. (“BAS”) appeals from a judgment entered August 28,1979 in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Coffrin, D. J.), denying BAS’s motion for a permanent injunction and entering judgment for the defendant-appellee, Subaru of New England, Inc. (“SNE”). The principal effect of this judgment is to remove any legal barrier to SNE’s planned termination of its franchise relationship with BAS. 1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the District Court.

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