1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.2d
  4. 674 So.2d
  5. 674 So.2d 24 (1995)
 

SPERAU v. FORD MOTOR CO.

1931473, 1931591 and 1931629.

674 So.2d 24 (1995)

Dee-Witt C. SPERAU, et al. v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee H. Copeland of Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, John A. Taber of Taber & Dansby, H. Lewis Gillis of Thomas, Means & Gillis, Maston E. Martin, Jr. of Fazekas & Martin, Montgomery, for Sperau, et al.

Tabor R. Novak, Jr. and Clyde C. Owen, Jr. of Ball, Ball, Matthews & Novak, P.A., Montgomery, Andrew L. Frey and Evan M. Tager of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, for Ford Motor Co.

Tabor R. Novak, Jr. and Clyde C. Owen, Jr. of Ball, Ball, Matthews & Novak, P.A., Montgomery, for Ford Motor Credit Co.

Charles L. Robinson and William D. Jones III of Johnston, Barton, Proctor, Swedlaw & Naff, Birmingham, amicus curiae American Automobile Manufacturers Association, in support of Ford Motor Co., et al.

PER CURIAM.

This is a fraud case arising out of the purchase of a Ford Motor Company dealership in Selma, Alabama by Samuel R. Foster, II, an African-American minority dealer candidate in Ford Motor Company's Minority Dealer Program, and Dee-Witt C. Sperau, Foster's business partner. This Ford dealership was operated by these plaintiffs under the name of "River City Ford" from May 11, 1988, until the failure of the business in January, 1991.

Foster and Sperau...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases