TESLA, INC. v. LOUISIANA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS

CIVIL ACTION NO. 22-2982.

677 F.Supp.3d 417 (2023)

TESLA, INC., et al., v. LOUISIANA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION, et al.,

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

Signed June 16, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Raymond Beebe , Diana Cole Surprenant , Jennifer Claire Bergeron , Jeffrey M. Surprenant , Adams and Reese LLP, New Orleans, LA, Jeremy Evan Maltz , Pro Hac Vice, Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, Washington, DC, Katherine Yarger , Pro Hac Vice, Lehotsky Keller LLP, Denver, CO, for Tesla, Inc., et al.

Claude F. Reynaud, Jr. , Jeanne C. Comeaux , Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, David Higbee , Pro Hac Vice, Jacob Michael Coate , Pro Hac Vice, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, DC, Nicholas Gallagher , Pro Hac Vice, Paul D. Clement , Pro Hac Vice, Clement & Murphy, PLLC, Alexandria, VA, for Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association.

Harry Joseph Philips, Jr. , John P. Murrill , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, Lamont P. Domingue , Voorhies & Labbe, Lafayette, LA, Patrick Joseph Schepens , Timothy William Hassinger , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, Mandeville, LA, for Defendants Gregory Lala, Stephen Guidry.

Harry Joseph Philips, Jr. , John P. Murrill , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, Richard Edward Sarver , Kansas Guidry , Robert A. Waldrup , Chloe Marie Chetta , Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Patrick Joseph Schepens , Timothy William Hassinger , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, Mandeville, LA, for Allen O. Krake.

Harry Joseph Philips, Jr. , John P. Murrill , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, Andrea V. Timpa , Patrick S. McGoey , Schonekas, Evans, McGoey & McEachin, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Patrick Joseph Schepens , Timothy William Hassinger , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, Mandeville, LA, for V. Price LeBlanc, Jr., Keith P. Hightower, Keith M. Marcotte, Wesley Randal Scoggin, Donna S. Corley, Tenyl J. Fontenot, Maurice C. Guidry.

Harry Joseph Philips, Jr. , John P. Murrill , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, Patrick Joseph Schepens , Timothy William Hassinger , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, Mandeville, LA, Colin Derrick Sherman , Sherman & Lacey, LLP, Mobile, AL, for Eric R. Lane.

Harry Joseph Philips; Jr. , John P. Murrill , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, Patrick M. Bollman , W. Raley Alford, III , Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Patrick Joseph Schepens , Timothy William Hassinger , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, Mandeville, LA, for Kenneth Mike Smith.

W. Raley Alford, III , Patrick M. Bollman , Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for P.K. Smith Motors, Inc.

Harry Joseph Philips, Jr. , John P. Murrill , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, Patrick Joseph Schepens , Timothy William Hassinger , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, Mandeville, LA, for Defendants Scott A. Courville, Raney J. Redmond, Joseph W. Westbrook, Joyce Collier LaCour, Thomas E. Bromfield, Edwin T. Murray.

Patrick S. McGoey , Andrea V. Timpa , Schonekas, Evans, McGoey & McEachin, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for T & J Ford, Inc., Golden Motors, LLC, Holmes Motors, LLC, Airline Car Rental, Inc., Shetler-Corley Motors, Limited, LeBlanc Automobiles, L.C., Morgan Buick GMC Shreveport, Inc.

Chloe Marie Chetta , Richard Edward Sarver , Kansas Guidry , Robert A. Waldrup , Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Ford of Slidell, LLC.

Colin Derrick Sherman , Sherman & Lacey, LLP, Mobile, AL, for Gerry Lane Enterprises, Inc.

Patrick S. McGoey , Schonekas, Evans, McGoey & McEachin, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Morgan Pontiac, Inc.

Lamont P. Domingue , Voorhies & Labbe, Lafayette, LA, for Stephen L. Guidry, Jr.


SECTION "R" (2)

ORDER AND REASONS

Before the Court are defendants' motions to dismiss plaintiffs' first amended complaint.1 Plaintiffs oppose defendants' motions.2 For the following reasons, the Court...

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