Legal Opinion
Martha's Vineyard Auto Village, Inc. v. Newman
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 27, 1991No. 89-P-555PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
Two automobile dealers, Edmond J. Clermont and Robert W. Newman, have been long at war in this litigation, commenced on October 19, 1981. After considerable attrition of parties and theories, as mentioned below, the litigation was reduced to an action by the plaintiff Martha’s Vineyard Auto Village, Inc. (MVAV), owned by Clermont, the only Ford and Lincoln-Mercury automobile franchisee on Martha’s Vineyard from 1977 to 1984, against the defend ants, Newman individually, three franchisee companies owned by him in Hartford, Connecticut,* 2 and a garage-service station on the island. 3 The…
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