Grappone, Inc. v. Subaru of America, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• control established when distributor is an intermediary body through which the will of the manufacturer is imposed on dealers
• place of injury should be given great weight in weighing contacts to determine venue
• “I agree that, in determining where the claim arose, courts should use the weight of the contacts test, but I also feel that the place of injury should be given great weight and consideration by the court”
• “fact that [the m]anufacturer exerts control over a portion of [the importer’s business is not dis-positive of the issue [of control for purpose of § 1221(a)]; the control must be over [the importer’s relationship vis-a-vis the retail dealers” [emphasis original]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).