FORD MOTOR CO. v. DARLING'S

Docket: BCD-14-433.

151 A.3d 507 (2016)

2016 ME 171

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. DARLING'S et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: November 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judy A.S. Metcalf, Esq. , (orally), and Noreen A. Patient, Esq. , Eaton Peabody, Brunswick, for appellant Darling's.

Michael Kaplan, Esq. , (orally), Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP, Portland, for appellant Maine Automobile Dealers Association

Daniel L. Rosenthal, Esq. , and Lee H. Bals, Esq. , Marcus, Clegg & Mistretta, P.A., Portland, on the briefs, for cross-appellant Ford Motor Company

Jessica Ellsworth, Esq. , (orally), Hogan Lovells, Washington, D.C., argued, for cross-appellant Ford Motor Company.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, and HJELM, JJ.


[¶ 1] This is the second appeal in a long-running dispute arising out of the franchise relationship between Ford Motor Company and Darling's, an automobile dealer located in Bangor. See Ford Motor Company v. Darling's (Ford I), 2014 ME 7, 86 A.3d 35. The relationship is subject to the...

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