Legal Opinion
Rutherford Farmers Cooperative v. MTD Consumer Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 13, 2005No. 03-6145UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOK, Circuit Judge.
Intervenor State of Tennessee appeals a district court decision finding a Tennessee inventory-repurchasing scheme unconstitutional under the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution. Because the inventory-repurchase statutes substantially and retroactively impaired the preexisting contractual relationship in this case, we find the statutes, as applied, violate the Contract Clause and affirm the decision of the district court.
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In 1989, Rutherford Farmers Co-op contracted with MTD (then known as Cub Cadet Corporation) for Rutherford to become a dealer of MTD’s lawn…
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