JOHN DEERE CONST. EQUIP. CO. v. WRIGHT EQUIP. CO.

No. 1:00CV00021.

118 F.Supp.2d 689 (2000)

JOHN DEERE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CO., Plaintiff, v. WRIGHT EQUIPMENT CO., INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Abingdon Division.

October 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade W. Massie, Penn, Stuart & Eskridge, Abingdon, VA, for John Deere Construction Equipment Co., plaintiff.

Barrett Erskin Pope, Durrette, Irvin & Bradshaw, Richmond, VA, for Wright Equipment Co., Inc., defendant.


OPINION

JONES, District Judge.

In this declaratory judgment action, I hold that the law of Maryland, rather than Virginia, applies to the subject supplier-dealer contracts, and thus the termination of the contracts was valid.

I

John Deere Construction Equipment Co. ("Deere") seeks an adjudication of its right to terminate two dealer contracts with Wright Equipment Co., Inc. ("Wright").1 The contracts, originally...

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