United States Ninth Circuit

In cases raising tort and contract claims brought by owners and operators of car dealerships against General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) arising from "floorplan financing" and other agreements, summary judgment rulings for GMAC are reversed and remanded where: 1) the district court misapplied Nevada's economic loss doctrine; and 2) the district court misapplied Nevada's preclusion law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/09/2007
• Decided 08/10/2007
• Published 08/10/2007

Judges

• WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  ALFRED T. GOODWIN, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph M. Terry, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rick R. Hsu, Reno, NV, Michael E. Malloy and Christopher Damian Jaime, Maupin Cox & LeGoy, Reno, NV, for the appellee.