SACCUCCI AUTO GROUP v. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.

No. 09-2110.

617 F.3d 14 (2010)

SACCUCCI AUTO GROUP, INC., f/k/a Saccucci Lincoln Mercury Inc., d/b/a Saccucci Honda, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, INC.; American Honda Finance Corporation, d/b/a Honda Financial Services, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey W. Millsom , with whom Adam M. Ramos and Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., were on brief, for appellant.

Joshua Teverow and Joshua Teverow, Esquire, Ltd. on brief for The Rhode Island Automobile Dealers' Association, Amicus Curiae.

David A. Kluft , with whom Michael B. Keating , Catherine H. Wicker , Foley Hoag LLP, Gordon P. Cleary and Vetter & White, were on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, BOUDIN and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity case involving Rhode Island's "Dealer Act," R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-5.1-4, which regulates the business relationship between car manufacturers and dealers. The plaintiff-appellant is a dealer located in Rhode Island, Saccucci Auto Group Inc. ("Saccucci"). The defendants-appellees, American Honda Motor Co. Inc. and American Honda Finance Corp., are entities of Honda, a car manufacturer. We refer to the defendants-appellees...

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