HECHLER CHEVROLET, INC. v. GENERAL MOTORS

Record No. 821275.

337 S.E.2d 744 (1985)

HECHLER CHEVROLET, INC. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Capital GMC Trucks, Incorporated.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith D. Boyette (Everette G. Allen, Jr.; Hirschler, Fleischer, Weinberg, Cox & Allen, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

E. Milton Farley, III, Charles L. Cabell (Joseph C. Kearfott, John Jay Range, Richmond, Elmer W. Johnson, John B. Clayton, Detroit, Mich., Hunton & Williams, Cabell, Moncure & Carneal, on briefs), Richmond, for appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


RUSSELL, Justice.

This is a contract dispute between a franchised motor vehicle dealer and its manufacturer. The dealer contends that the manufacturer wrongfully terminated or refused to renew the dealer's franchise in violation of Code § 46.1-547(e), part of the Virginia Motor Vehicle Dealer Licensing Act. The dealer further contends that the manufacturer conspired with a competing dealer to interfere with the plaintiff dealer's business.

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