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MIDWEST AUTOMOTIVE v. IOWA DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 01-0521.

646 N.W.2d 417 (2002)

MIDWEST AUTOMOTIVE III, LLC d/b/a Dave Ostrem Imports, Appellant, v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Jaguar Cars, a division of Ford Motor Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Lorentzen of Nyemaster, Goode, Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, and Eric L. Chase of Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C., Florham Park, New Jersey, for appellant.

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

Robert Holz of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, Des Moines, and Carl J. Chiappa and Jason P. Isralowitz of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, New York, New York, for appellee Jaguar Cars.

Martha Martell, West Des Moines, and David L. Brown of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Automobile Dealers Association.

TERNUS, Justice.

The appellant, Midwest Automotive III, LLC ("Midwest Auto"), purchased a Des Moines car dealership from Dave Ostrem Imports, Inc. ("Ostrem Imports"). This judicial review proceeding arises from appellee Jaguar Cars' attempt to terminate a Jaguar franchise transferred to Midwest Auto by Ostrem Imports. The appellee, Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT), granted Jaguar Cars' application to terminate the...

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