Hechler Chevrolet, Inc. v. General Motors Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• utilizing federal case law discussing the Automobile Dealers’ Day in Court Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1221-1225, in interpreting Virginia automobile franchise law
• finding no statutory conspiracy where the plaintiff failed to show underlying unlawful conduct or an unlawful purpose
• affirming denial of leave to amend and motion to reconsider where \court's ruling with respect to the amended motion for judgment would necessarily have been based upon the same ground as its original ruling\
• highlighting the trial court’s broad discretion in reconsidering its own ruling
• defendant may be liable for conspiring to interfere with at-will contract if improper methods used in doing so
• “[A]n allegation of conspiracy ... must at least allege an unlawful act or an unlawful purpose.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).