POSTMA v. JACK BROWN BUICK, INC.

No. 74878.

626 N.E.2d 199 (1993)

157 Ill.2d 391

193 Ill.Dec. 166

Ronald POSTMA, Appellant, v. JACK BROWN BUICK, INC., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Karr and Jonathan P. Geen, Hardt & Stern, P.C., Chicago, for appellant.

Louis H. Lindeman, Jr., Detroit, MI, and Richard C. Godfrey and J. Robert Robertson, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, for appellee General Motors Corp.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Jack Brown owned a Buick dealership which he agreed to sell to Ronald Postma. When Brown sought General Motors' approval for the transfer, as required by the terms of his franchise agreement, the company decided to exercise its contractual right to buy the dealership itself. Postma responded by filing suit for injunctive relief in the circuit court of Cook County. He...

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