GEN. GMC TRUCKS v. GEN. MOTORS CORP.

32251, 32252.

239 Ga. 373 (1977)

237 S.E.2d 194

GENERAL GMC TRUCKS, INC. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, GMC TRUCK & COACH DIVISION. GENERAL GMC TRUCKS, INC. v. TRADE CITY GMC, INC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 23, 1977.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler & Martin, John A. Blackmon, Kenneth L. Millwood, for appellant.

King & Spalding, Byron Attridge, James D. Miller, Frazer F. Hilder, Robert W. Culver, Cohran, Camp & Snipes, H. G. Snipes, for appellees.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Robert S. Stubbs, II, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Richard L. Chambers, First Assistant Attorney General, H. Perry Michael, Senior Assistant Attorney General, R. Douglas Lackey, Assistant Attorney General, Redfern, Butler & Morgan, Stephen E. Raville, Gerald L. Baxter, Vaughn, Barksdale & Nation, Clarence R. Vaughn, Robert W. Maddox, amici curiae.


UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

These suits involve the Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act of 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 134; Code Ann. Ch. 84-66) and the Motor Vehicle Farm Machinery Practices Act of 1976 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 1440; Code Ann. Ch. 84-66 (Supp. 1976)). The 1976 Act states the 1974 Act is repealed.

Among other things both of these Acts require a state license before engaging in business as a manufacturer's franchised truck dealer. Whether the license...

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