CADILLAC/OLDSMOBILE/NISSAN v. GENERAL MOTORS

No. 04-1450.

391 F.3d 304 (2004)

The CADILLAC/OLDSMOBILE/NISSAN CENTER, INC., Doing Business as John Santilli's Center for Automobiles, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard N. Sox, Jr., with whom Daniel E. Myers, Benjamin B. Bush, Myers & Fuller, P.A., Michael P. Connolly, and Murtha, Cullina were on brief, for appellant.

James C. McGrath, with whom Daniel L. Goldberg, Serena D. Madar, Bingham McCutchen LLP, and Lawrence S. Buonomo were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL and LEVAL, Senior Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Like most states, Massachusetts regulates the relationship between motor vehicle manufacturers and motor vehicle dealers in considerable detail. See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93B, §§ 1-15.1 Relying on these rules, a multi-brand dealer doing business as John Santilli's Center for Automobiles (Santilli) brought suit against a manufacturer, General Motors Corporation (GM), alleging that the manufacturer had...

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