SUBARU DISTRIBUTORS CORP. v. SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.

Docket No. 04-3598-CV.

425 F.3d 119 (2005)

SUBARU DISTRIBUTORS CORP., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC., Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., General Motors Corp., Saab Automobile AB and Saab Cars USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale A. Schreiber, Proskauer Rose LLP (David N. Ellenhorn and Steven H. Holinstat, on the brief), New York, New York, for Subaru Distributors Corp., Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey D. Herschman, Piper Rudnick LLP, (Douglas A. Rappaport, New York, New York; Lewis A. Noonberg and F. Martin Dajani, Washington, DC; and Deana L. Cairo, Baltimore, Maryland, on the brief), Baltimore, Maryland, for Subaru of America, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

Dwight J. Davis, King & Spalding, LLP, New York, New York, for General Motors Corp., Saab Automobile AB, and Saab Cars USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Daniel L. Goldberg, Bingham McCutchen LLP (Mark M. Elliott and William F. Benson, on the brief), Boston, MA, for Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., Defendant-Appellee.

John J. Sullivan, Carl J. Chiappa, and Colm A. Moran, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, New York, New York and Los Angeles, California, for amici curiae Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Inc.

Before: WALKER, Chief Judge, HALL, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Subaru Distributors Corp. appeals from the dismissal by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Stephen C. Robinson, District Judge) of its action against Subaru of America, Inc., Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., General Motors Corp., Saab Automobile AB, and Saab Cars USA, Inc. Subaru Distributors brought the suit to prevent the defendants from selling "rebadged" cars, that is, cars manufactured from designs...

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