Buono Sales, Inc. v. Chrysler Motors Corp.

This appeal encompasses two distinct problems. The first issue raised is whether Chrysler’s Direct Dealer Agreement permitted the termination of De-Soto automobile production and, if so, whether such production was terminated in accordance with the provisions of that Agreement. In determining that the Direct Dealer Agreement did not authorize Chrysler’s termination of DeSoto production in the manner in which it acted, the majority places much emphasis on the absence of an explicit termination provision as indicating that Chrysler, the drafter of the Agreement, and Buono Sales, did not intend…