Legal Opinion
Media Production Consultants, Inc. v. Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 1, 1972No. 51475PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDERS, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review a decision of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal denying the purchaser of an imported Mercedes-Benz automobile warranty rights against Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc., the American distributor that supplied the automobile to the dealer.1 We reverse.
On April 30, 1968, Media Production Consultants, Inc., a public relations firm, purchased a new 1968 Mercedes-Benz automobile from Cookie’s Auto Sales, Inc., in Baton Rouge. The automobile had been manufactured in Germany by Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft, a German corporation. The manufacturer…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Jacob E. Decker & Sons, Inc. v. CappsTexas Supreme Court · 1942
- Beck v. SpindlerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
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3Cited by152 opinions
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