DANVERS MOTOR CO., INC. v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 04-3950.

432 F.3d 286 (2005)

DANVERS MOTOR CO., INC., a Massachusetts corporation; Bob Chambers Ford, d/b/a Augusta Ford, a Maine corporation; Concord Ford-Lincoln-Mercury, a New York corporation; Fette Ford Inc., a New Jersey corporation; Senator Ford, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Roseville Midway Ford Company, a Minnesota corporation; Fullers' White Mountain Motors, an Arizona corporation; Condon Ford, Inc., an Iowa corporation; G. & S. Management Corporation, d/b/a Tilton Ford, a New Hampshire corporation, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed December 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric L. Chase (argued), Genevieve K. LaRobardier, Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C., Florham Park, NJ, Barry S. Goodman, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, LLP, Woodbridge, NJ, for Appellant.

James F. Hibey (argued), William R. Sherman, Coke Morgan Stewart, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellees.

Before ALITO, VAN ANTWERPEN, and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


ALITO, Circuit Judge.

Eight automobile dealers appeal the District Court's dismissal of their claims against the Ford Motor Company for lack of standing. Because their complaint alleges concrete and particularized injuries that are fairly traceable to Ford's behavior and redressable in court, we reverse and remand.

I.

In November 2000, a putative nationwide class of Ford dealers brought suit, claiming that Ford's recently introduced Blue Oval Program...

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