Allen, Damian Blain

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the dealer bears the burden of proving that it has standing to protest the establishment of a new motor vehicle dealership
• “In its c. 93B sense ... ‘arbitrary’ is a term of art that connotes that a new dealership will impinge economically on an existing dealership.”
• “the judge found that the proposed franchise was ... ‘arbitrary’ because it ... was colored by American Honda’s displeasure with the [dealer] and a personal friendship between [the prospective franchisee] and ... a national market representative of American Honda”
• establishing an irregularly shaped relevant market area
• establishing an irregularly shaped relevant market area

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).