CLINTON v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 5-1585.

318 S.W.2d 577 (1958)

Raymond CLINTON et al. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 15, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright, Harrison, Lindsey & Upton, Little Rock, for appellants.

Rose, Meek, House, Barron & Nash and Edwin E. Dunaway, Little Rock, and Henry M. Hogan and Daniel Boone, Detroit, Mich., and Spitzberg, Bonner, Mitchell & Hays, Little Rock, for appellees.

Wood & Smith, Little Rock, amicus curiæ brief for Ford Motor Co.

Richard B. Darragh, Dearborn, Mich., Owens, McHaney, Lofton & McHaney, Little Rock, and Leland J. Markley, Kelly, Drye, Newhall & Maginnes, New York City, Herbert F. Moshier, Detroit, Mich., of counsel, amici curiæ brief for Chrysler Motors Corp.


LEON B. CATLETT, Special Justice.

Act 530, which became effective on July 1, 1957, created the Arkansas Motor Vehicle Commission, composed of a Chairman and six members, and provided for the regulation by such Commission of the sale and distribution of new motor vehicles in Arkansas. On June 27, 1957, six automobile dealers, including franchised new car dealers and non-franchised new car dealers, filed suit in the Pulaski Chancery Court seeking a declaratory judgment...

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