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· 9/14/1982

Ricky Smith Pontiac, Inc. v. Subaru of New England, Inc.

Citations

  • 440 N.E.2d 29
  • 14 Mass. App. Ct. 396
  • 1982 Mass. App. LEXIS 1445

How courts have described this case

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

  • observing that statutory definition of relevant market area “would perplex even the most percipient logician”
  • noting that, given the language of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98(B
  • in action for loss of prospective profits, plaintiff must present “specific evidence” that costs would not increase along with revenues
  • amendment to statute regulating auto franchises that redefined the “relevant market area” of a franchisee and deleted a provision permitting multiple damages deemed substantive
  • “the formula definition [under the 1977 revision] creates a bright-line test that substantively changes the equitable principles standard in the 1970 statute”
  • \the formula definition [under the amended statute] creates a bright line test which substantively changes the equitable principles standard in the 1970 statute\

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Judges: Armstrong, Rose, Greaney

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