NORTHSIDE MERCURY SALES & SERV. v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Nos. 88-5037, 88-5038.

871 F.2d 758 (1989)

NORTHSIDE MERCURY SALES & SERVICE, INC., Northside Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., Alton C. Ellingson and Steven E. Ellingson, Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a corporation doing business in Minnesota, Appellee. NORTHSIDE MERCURY SALES & SERVICE, INC., Northside Lincoln Mercury, Inc., Alton C. Ellingson and Steven E. Ellingson, Appellees, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a corporation doing business in Minnesota, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Larkin, Bloomington, Minn., for appellants.

Craig D. Diviney, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Chief Judge.

Northside Mercury (Northside), a Minneapolis auto dealership, challenges two evidentiary rulings in the six week jury trial of its numerous claims against Ford Motor Company (Ford) for constructive termination of its dealership agreement. Ford cross-appeals the submission of the tortious interference with contract claim to the jury. We affirm.

Northside commenced this action against Ford in October, 1984, alleging Ford had constructively...

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