General Motors Corporation Chevrolet Motor Division v. The New A.C. Chevrolet, Inc. Dba the New A.C. Chevrolet

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “concerns over the continued financial viability of a franchise are likely to constitute legitimate, reasonable business reasons for the franchise’s termination”
• explaining that there is “no real or practical difference between a conclusion that a party materially breached a contract, and a conclusion that the party failed to substantially comply with its obligations under a contract”
• finding a material breach where defendant offered a “dualed” vehicle line without plaintiff's prior written authorization, depriving plaintiff of the contractually entitled authorization provision
• explaining an error is harmless if it did not affect the judgment
• recognizing preliminary injunction as “non-final”
• “A manufacturer does not make a wrongful demand if it merely insists that the dealer comply with a reasonable obligation imposed by the franchise agreement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).