CLAIR INTERN. v. MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMER.

No. 96-1398.

124 F.3d 314 (1997)

CLAIR INTERNATIONAL, INC. and Foreign Motors West, Inc., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. McNamara, Bedford, NH, with whom Gregory A. Holmes and Stephanie A. Bray, Manchester, NH, were on brief for appellants.

Mark P. Szpak, Boston, MA, with whom Peter K. Levitt, Washington, DC, and Ropes & Gray were on brief for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH and CYR, Senior Circuit Judges.


CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Clair International, Inc. and Foreign Motors West, Inc. appeal from a district court judgment dismissing their respective claims for breach of contract and violation of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93B against Mercedes-Benz of North America ("MBNA"), the North American distribution organization for Mercedes-Benz automobiles. The central controversy concerns whether the restructuring effected by MBNA among its franchisees in the Greater...

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