No franchisor shall enter into any franchise for the purpose of establishing an additional motor vehicle, combination motor vehicle and trailer, motorcycle, or trailer dealership or warranty repair service facility, in any community in which the same line-make is then represented, unless the franchisor has first established in a hearing held under the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act that there is good cause for such additional motor vehicle, combination motor vehicle and trailer, motorcycle, or trailer dealership under such franchise, or warranty repair service facility, and that it is in the public interest.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1422
Franchise; hearing; approval
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case New Motor Vehicle Board of California v. Orrin W Fox Co Northern California Motor Car Dealers Association (1978)
Most recently applied in Honda Cars of Bellevue v. American Honda Motor Co. (June 2001)
Laws 1971, LB 768, § 22; Laws 2003, LB 182, § 2; Laws 2010, LB816, § 74.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.