Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Cases From Fiat Chrysler & Ford - The Car Connection
In two separate rulings -- or rather, non-rulings -- the Supreme Court of the United States had dealt smackdowns to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Ford Motor Company. As you might recall, FCA eliminated 789 dealerships around the time of its restructuring, which amounted to roughly 25 percent of its network. Many of those dealers were unhappy with FCA's decision, and roughly 400 filed for arbitration -- a legal process that was enabled in legislation passed by Congress in 2009. Dealers who won in arbitration were offered the opportunity to rejoin... That decision gave dealerships that prevailed in arbitration greater rights, including the bypassing of state franchise laws that, for example, govern how closely situated same-brand dealerships can be to one another. The four still have to meet Chrysler's criteria for dealerships. Source: www.thecarconnection.com
