MITCHELL MACHINERY, INC. v. FORD NEW HOLLAND, INC.

No. 89-5440.

918 F.2d 1366 (1990)

MITCHELL MACHINERY, INC.; Kasperson's, Inc.; Brookings Ford Tractor, Inc.; and A & F, Inc., Appellants, v. FORD NEW HOLLAND, INC. and Versatile Farm Equipment Corp., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

November 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Johnson, Yankton, S.D., for appellants.

Edward Pluimer, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees.

Before BEAM, Circuit Judge, and ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge, and RENNER, District Judge.


ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellants, former dealers of agricultural equipment and parts manufactured by Versatile Corporation, appeal from the district court's1 decision to grant summary judgment in favor of appellee, Ford New Holland, Inc., purchaser of Versatile's assets. The district court found that Ford New Holland was not liable to appellants under South Dakota's franchise law and was not a successor corporation to Versatile....

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