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ZIMMERMAN FORD v. MIDWEST AUTOMOTIVE I

No. 02-1708.

679 N.W.2d 606 (2004)

BOB ZIMMERMAN FORD, INC., Appellant, v. MIDWEST AUTOMOTIVE I, L.L.C., Appellee, BMW North America, Inc., Intervenor-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 12, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Riley of Tom Riley Law Firm, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

John F. Lorentzen of Nyemaster, Goode, Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee Midwest Automotive I, L.L.C.

Stephen M. Bledsoe and Lawrence M. Berkowitz of Berkowitz Stanton Brandt Williams & Shaw L.L.P., Kansas City, Missouri, and Scott McLeod of Lynch Dallas, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for intervenor-appellee BMW North America, Inc.

Martha Martell, West Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Automobile Dealers Association.

CARTER, Justice.

Bob Zimmerman Ford, Inc. (Zimmerman), operator of a BMW franchise, appeals from an adverse summary judgment in its declaratory judgment action seeking to establish that the right of first refusal granted to the franchiser, BMW North America, Inc. (BMW), in case of a franchise transfer, is invalid by reason of the provisions of Iowa Code section 322A.12 (1997). The action was brought against Midwest Automotive I, L.L.C. (Midwest), an assignee of BMW...

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