ORRIN W. FOX CO. v. NEW MOTOR VEH. BD., ETC.

No. CV 76-1200-WPG.

440 F.Supp. 436 (1977)

ORRIN W. FOX CO., a corporation, Muller Chevrolet, a corporation, and General Motors Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. NEW MOTOR VEHICLE BOARD OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Melicio H. Jacaban, Audrey B. Jones, John D. Barnes, John Onesian, Winfield J. Tuttle and John B. Vandenberg, as members of the New Motor Vehicle Board, Sam W. Jennings, as Executive Secretary of the New Motor Vehicle Board, Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of California, and Herman Sillas, as Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

September 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., Hahn & Hahn, Pasadena, Cal., Norin T. Grancell, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Evelle J. Younger, Atty. Gen., Robert L. Mukai, Deputy Atty. Gen., Crow, Lytle & Gilwee, Sacramento, Cal., for defendants.

Before ELY, Circuit Judge, and GRAY and TAKASUGI, District Judges.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

WILLIAM P. GRAY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs General Motors Corporation and two retail automobile dealers in Southern California seek of this three-judge court a declaratory summary judgment that the California Automobile Franchise Act is unconstitutional on its face and as administered, and they seek a consequent injunction. This court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331(a), 1337, 1343(3), and 2201. For reasons stated...

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