(DOWNLOAD) "United States v. Arbolaez" by In the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States v. Arbolaez
- Author : In the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Release Date : January 01, 2006
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
Description
This case was brought as a class action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Bayshore Ford Truck Sales, Inc., Heintzelmans Truck Center, Inc., LJL Truck Center, Inc., Peach State Ford Truck Sales, Inc., and Valley Ford Truck Sales, Inc. (collectively, the "Bayshore Dealers" or the "Dealers") sued Ford Motor Company ("Ford") for breach of their respective franchise agreements with Ford and for violations of federal law. They timely moved the district court to certify a class containing similarly situated Ford truck dealers. The court denied their motion. Thereafter, while the case was being prepared for trial, Westgate Ford Truck Sales, Inc. ("Westgate"), a member of the non-certified class, filed a class action law suit in an Ohio state court (the "Westgate Action"). The complaint contained breach of franchise agreement claims practically identical to the Dealers claims pending before the district court. The Ohio court certified a class the district court had refused to certify -- a class that, by definition, contained the Bayshore Dealers. The Bayshore Dealers, wishing to litigate their claims as class members in the Ohio case, then moved the district court to permit them to dismiss their case against Ford. The court denied their motion. In a separate order, the court, acting on Fords motion, enjoined Westgate from prosecuting the Ohio class action and the Dealers from participating in that action as class members.