Legal Opinion
Heritage Jeep-Eagle, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 22, 1995No. Nos. 93-P-1353 & 94-P-138PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPerretta, J.
General Laws c. 93B, § 4(3) (l), as amended by St. 1977, c. 717, § 3, makes it unlawful for a motor vehicle manufacturer or distributor “arbitrarily and without notice to existing franchisees” to grant a franchise to an additional franchisee who would conduct his dealership “from a place of business situated within the relevant market area of an existing franchisee or franchisees.” This appeal brings before us the question whether a manufacturer’s approval of the sale of a Jeep-Eagle automobile dealership and its relocation by the buyer to a site that two existing franchisees claim to be in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. One 1987 Mercury Cougar AutomobileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Ricky Smith Pontiac, Inc. v. Subaru of New England, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
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