SCUNCIO MOTORS v. SUBARU OF NEW ENGLAND

No. 83-1009.

715 F.2d 10 (1983)

SCUNCIO MOTORS, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SUBARU OF NEW ENGLAND, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Teverow, Providence, R.I., with whom Letts, Quinn & Licht, P.C., Providence, R.I., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Robert W. Mahoney, Boston, Mass., with whom Donald R. Frederico, Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., George M. Vetter, Jr., and Vetter & White, Providence, R.I., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge, COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this case in the diversity jurisdiction the question is the validity under the laws of Rhode Island of a termination of an automobile dealership franchise.

In 1972, Scuncio Motors, Inc. became a franchised dealer in Subaru automobiles in Peacedale, Rhode Island. In August 1982, Subaru of New England ("SNE"), the regional distributor of Subaru vehicles, undertook to terminate Scuncio's franchise, and Scuncio sought injunctive...

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