Opinion
Docket No. 146722. COA No. 307148.
2013-10-2
LaFONTAINE SALINE, INC. d/b/a LaFontaine Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. CHRYSLER GROUP LLC, Defendant–Appellant, and IHS Automotive Group LLC d/b/a/ Chrysler Jeep of Ann Arbor, Defendant–Appellee.
Prior report: 298 Mich.App. 576, 828 N.W.2d 446.
Order
On order of the Court, the motion for leave to file a brief amicus curiae is GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal the November 27, 2012 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall address whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the 2010 PA 139 definition of “relevant market area,” MCL 445.1566(1)(a), applied to enable the plaintiff to challenge the future dealer agreement between the defendants under MCL 445.1576(3). Compare Kia Motors America, Inc. v. Glassman Oldsmobile Saab Hyundai, Inc., 706 F.3d 733, 735 (C.A.6, 2013). We further ORDER that this case be argued and submitted to the Court together with the case of LaFontaine Saline, Inc v. Chrysler Group LLC (Docket No. 146724), –––Mich. ––––, 837 N.W.2d 278 (2013), at such future session of the Court as both cases are ready for submission.
Persons or groups interested in the determination of the issue presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.