JEROME-DUNCAN, INC. v. AUTO-BY-TEL, L.L.C.

No. 98-1123.

176 F.3d 904 (1999)

JEROME-DUNCAN, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AUTO-BY-TEL, L.L.C., Auto-By-Tel Marketing Corporation, and North Brothers Ford, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Libby (argued and briefed), Sharon M. Woods, Thomas F. Cavalier, Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas J. Tallerico (argued and briefed), Jeffrey G. Raphelson (briefed), Bodman, Longley & Dahling, Detroit, MI, Patrick M. McCarthy, Howard & Howard, Bloomfield Hills, MI, John C. Polasky, Troy, MI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: KEITH, SUHRHEINRICH, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Jerome-Duncan, Inc. ("JDI"), a Ford dealership in Michigan, sued Auto-By-Tel Marketing Corporation ("ABT"), a Delaware corporation that refers potential car buyers to dealerships through its internet web site, for breach of contract in the Circuit Court of Macomb County, Michigan. It also sought a declaratory judgment that the contract was a franchise agreement covered by the Michigan Franchise Investment Law. JDI subsequently...

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