AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. v. RICHARD LUNDGREN

No. 02-1249.

314 F.3d 17 (2002)

AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. RICHARD LUNDGREN, INC., d/b/a Lundgren Honda, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. McNamara with whom Gregory A. Holmes, Stephanie A. Bray, Elizabeth A. Leonard and Wiggin & Nourie, P.A. were on brief for appellant.

Robert D. Cultice with whom Michael R. Heyison, Peter A. Spaeth and Hale and Dorr LLP were on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

This diversity case concerns a prolonged effort by appellee American Honda Motor Co., Inc. ("Honda") to franchise a new automobile dealership in Westborough, Massachusetts. This effort has been opposed under a Massachusetts dealer protection statute by appellant Richard Lundgren, Inc. ("Lundgren"), which operates an existing local Honda dealership in Auburn, Massachusetts, about eleven miles west of the proposed new dealership. The district court...

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