PIERCE FORD SALES, INC. v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

No. 6, Docket 26547.

299 F.2d 425 (1962)

PIERCE FORD SALES, INC., and Elmer W. Bemis, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fitts & Olson, Brattleboro, Vt., for appellant; Whitney North Seymour, New York City (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City), and Richard B. Darragh and Richard I. Fricke, Dearborn, Mich., of counsel.

A. Luke Crispe, Brattleboro, Vt., for appellee, Pierce Ford Sales, Inc.

John S. Burgess, Brattleboro, Vt., for appellee Elmer W. Bemis, Trustee in Bankruptcy.

Before SWAN, MOORE and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Ford Motor Company (Ford) from a judgment for Pierce Ford Sales, Inc. (Pierce) and its trustee in bankruptcy, in an action to recover damages for allegedly wrongful conduct by Ford which prevented Pierce from disposing of its dealership contract with Ford.1 The amended complaint contains two counts, one based on the Automobile Dealer Suits Against Manufacturers...

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