KEY v. CHRYSLER MOTORS CORP.

No. 22587.

918 P.2d 350 (1996)

121 N.M. 764

Jack KEY and Jack Key Motor Company, Inc., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reeves, Chavez, Greenfield, Acosta & Walker, P.A., Barney James Reeves, William R. Anderson, Las Cruces, for Petitioner.

Tucker Law Firm, P.C., Steven L. Tucker, Santa Fe, Cresswell & Roggow, P.A., Charles W. Cresswell, Las Cruces, Jerry Severson, El Paso, TX, for Respondents.

Montgomery & Andrews, P.A., Sarah M. Singleton, Santa Fe, Goldstein & Manello, P.C., Robert D. Cultice, Robert B. Carpenter, Boston, MA, for amicus curiae AAMA & AIAM.

Kent & Widland, P.C., Jason W. Kent, Glen A. Krahenbuhl, Albuquerque, for amicus curiae NMADA.


OPINION

MINZNER, Justice.

Jack Key and Jack Key Motor Company, Inc. (Key) sued Chrysler Motors Corporation (Chrysler), alleging that Chrysler had unreasonably withheld its consent to the transfer of a Chrysler/Plymouth dealership franchise from the Borman Motor Company (Borman) to Key in violation of the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Dealers Franchising Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 57-16-1 to -16 (Repl.Pamp.1995) (the Act). After a bench trial, the district...

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