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BMW OF NORTH AMERICA v. NEW MOTOR VEHICLE BD.

Docket No. 23195.

162 Cal.App.3d 980 (1984)

209 Cal. Rptr. 50

BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. NEW MOTOR VEHICLE BOARD, Defendant and Respondent; HAL WATKINS CHEVROLET, INC., Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

December 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Roy M. Brisbois, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Salem M. Katsh, Michael A. Epstein, Bryan R. Dunlap and Sanford F. Remz for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gene Erbin, Elizabeth A. Mulroy, McCuthchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Howard K. Privett, Franklin H. Wilson, Michael M. Johnson, William H. Crabtree and Charles H. Lockwood as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, N. Eugene Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Harold W. Teasdale and Gordon Zane, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.

Crow, Lytle, Gilwee, Donoghue, Adler & Weninger, Richard E. Crow and James R. McCall as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Pilot & Spar, A. Albert Spar, Michael J. Flanagan and June Spar for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

OPINION

SPARKS, J.

In this appeal we consider the statutory restrictions on the modification of automobile dealer franchises under the New Motor Vehicle Board Act. (Veh. Code, § 3000 et seq.) BMW of North America, Inc. petitioned for a writ of administrative mandate pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5, directing the respondent New Motor Vehicle Board of the State of California (Board) to vacate its decision allowing...

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