CHRYSLER GROUP LLC v. FOX HILLS MOTOR SALES, INC.

Nos. 13-2117, 13-2118, 13-2119.

776 F.3d 411 (2015)

CHRYSLER GROUP LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee, v. FOX HILLS MOTOR SALES, INC.; Village Chrysler Jeep Incorporated; Jim Marsh American Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. Livonia Chrysler Jeep, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chrysler Group, LLC, et al., Defendants-Appellees, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee. Chrysler Group LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee, v. Sowell Automotive, Incorporated, et al., Defendants, Spitzer Autoworld Akron, LLC, Defendant-Appellee, Fred Martin Motor Company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 16, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

>ARGUED: Michael F. Smith , The Smith Appellate Law Firm, Washington, D.C., for Appellants in 13-2117. Robert Charles Davis , Davis Listman Brennan, Mt. Clemens, Michigan, for Appellant in 13-2118. Jay F. McKirahan , Cooper & Elliott, LLC, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant in 13-2119. Hugh Q. Gottschalk , Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, Denver, Colorado, for Appellee Chrysler Group in 13-2117 and 13-2118. Katherine I. Twomey , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Federal Appellee in 13-2117, 13-2118, and 13-2119. ON BRIEF: Michael F. Smith , The Smith Appellate Law Firm, Washington, D.C., Eric R. Bowden , Michael J. O'Shaughnessy , Colombo & Colombo, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellants in 13-2117. Robert Charles Davis , Davis Listman Brennan, Mt. Clemens, Michigan, for Appellant in 13-2118. Jay F. McKirahan , Cooper & Elliott, LLC, Columbus, Ohio, Lawrence R. Bach , Roderick Linton Belfance, LLP, Akron, Ohio, for Appellant in 132119. Hugh Q. Gottschalk , Christopher P. Montville , Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, Denver, Colorado, John E. Berg , Cynthia M. Filipovich , Clark Hill PLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee Chrysler Group in 13-2117 and 13-2118. Robert Y. Weller II , Kristen L. Baiardi , Abbott Nicholson, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee Dick Scott in 13-2117. Suanne Tiberio Trimmer , Dawda, Mann, Mulcahy & Sadler, PLC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Prestige Chrysler Appellees in 13-2117 and 13-2118. Anthony B. Giardini , Anthony B. Giardini Co., L.P.A., Lorain, Ohio, for Appellee Spitzer Autoworld in 132119. Daniel Tenny , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Federal Appellee in 13-2117, 13-2118, and 13-2119.

Before: ROGERS and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges; VAN TATENHOVE, District Judge.


OPINION

Congress — in Section 747 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 — created an arbitration procedure for automobile dealerships to seek continuation or reinstatement of franchise agreements that had been terminated by Chrysler during its bankruptcy proceedings, with the approval of the...

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