SATURN DISTRIBUTION CORP. v. WILLIAMS

No. 89-2773.

905 F.2d 719 (1990)

SATURN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald E. WILLIAMS, Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, Commonwealth of Virginia; Virginia Automobile Dealers Association, Defendants-Appellees, Center for Public Resources, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Steven Geller, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, D.C. (Richard J. Favretto, Evan M. Tager, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, D.C., Stephen M. Shapiro, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., E. Milton Farley, III, David F. Peters, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., Roderick D. Gillum, Vice President and General Counsel, Saturn Corp., Troy, Mich., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant. Guy Winston Horsley, Jr., Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert Harvey Chappell, Jr., Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., Walter A. McFarlane, Deputy Atty. Gen., Jeffrey A. Spencer, Eric K.G. Fiske, Asst. Attys. Gen., E. Ford Stephens, Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, William T. Lehner, Malvin W. Brubaker, Richmond, Va., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

John A.C. Keith, Blankenship & Keith, Fairfax, Va., for amicus curiae.

Before WIDENER, CHAPMAN, and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.


CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff/appellant Saturn Distribution Corporation appeals the denial of its motion for summary judgment and the grant of summary judgment against it by the district court. Saturn brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles to challenge two provisions of the Virginia Motor Vehicle Dealer Licensing Act. The central question raised below and on appeal is whether...

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