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CRAIG FOSTER FORD v. DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 95-1802.

562 N.W.2d 618 (1997)

CRAIG FOSTER FORD, INC., Appellant, v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee, and Ford Motor Company, Intervenor-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Scherle of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, David A. Ferree, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Carolyn J. Olson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Iowa Department of Transportation.

Wade R. Hauser III of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie, Smith & Allbee, P.C., Des Moines, and Howard S. Harris, Dearborn, Michigan, for intervenor-appellee Ford Motor Company.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal concerns Iowa's motor vehicle franchise law, Iowa Code chapter 322A (1993). Before a car manufacturer can terminate a franchise in Iowa, the franchiser must establish (1) good cause for termination and (2) proof that "another franchise in the same line-make will become effective in the same community." Iowa Code § 322A.2. The Iowa department of transportation (DOT), affirmed on judicial review by the district court, concluded that...

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