SATURN DISTRIBUTION CORP. v. WILLIAMS

Civ. A. No. 89-319-R.

717 F.Supp. 1147 (1989)

SATURN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. Donald E. WILLIAMS, Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, Commonwealth of Virginia, Defendant, and Virginia Automobile Dealers Association, Inc., Intervenor.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

August 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Peters, E. Milton Farley, III, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., Stephen M. Shapiro, Richard J. Favretto, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., Roderick D. Gilliam, Saturn Corp., Troy, Mich., for plaintiff.

Jeffrey A. Spencer, Eric K. G. Fiske, Asst. Attys. Gen., Richmond, Va., for defendant.

Malvin W. Brubaker, William T. Lehner, Richmond, Va., for intervenor.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

RICHARD L. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this case is suing for a declaratory judgment that § 46.1-550.5:27(10) of the Code of Virginia, as interpreted by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is preempted by Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 2. The parties agree that there are no issues of material fact in dispute, and have submitted opposing motions for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the...

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