Acadia Motors, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.

How courts have described this case

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• cautioning that federal courts should interpret state statutes narrowly, careful not to impose prohibitions not supported in the statute
• noting that where a Maine statute governing auto distributors and dealers was silent as to wholesale or retail prices, the manufacturer was free to increase wholesale prices
• observing that “it is quite commonplace for manufacturers and other regulated entities to pass on to retailers and consumers their costs of complying with regulatory statutes . . . . even when the costs are passed on to the ‘beneficiaries’ of the regulations”
• all Maine Ford dealers receive retail mark-up of 63% above cost, and all are subject to surcharge
• “Ford is entitled to some notice informing it of the pertinent facts regarding the claim that would enable it to determine whether the claim should be approved or denied.”
• “[I]t is quite commonplace for manufacturers and other regulated entities to pass on to retailers and consumers their costs of complying with regulatory statutes.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).