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Court: Car Dealers Can't Stop Tesla From Selling In Massachusetts
curtwoodward writes: Many states have laws that prevent car manufacturers from operating their own dealerships, a throwback to the days when Detroit tried to undercut its franchise dealers by opening company-owned shops. But dealers have taken those laws to the extreme as they battle new competition from Tesla, which is selling its cars direct to the public. In some states, dealers have succeeded in limiting Tesla's direct-sales model. But not in Massachusetts (PDF): the state's Supreme Court says the dealers don't have any right to sue Tesla for unfair competition, since they're not Tesla dealers. No harm, no foul.
More like just State Supreme Court. SCOTUS stands for (S)upreme (C)ourt (O)f (T)he (U)nited (S)tates.
actually, Supreme Judicial Court is the highest court, the highest "appeals" court in Massachusetts; whereas Trial Court is the ordinary court in Massachusetts and General Court is the legislature; and wherease, Supreme Court of New York is the ordinary trial court, and Court of Appeals is the highest NY State appellate court.
This terminology all varies by state (and/or by commonwealth or provident plantation)
I see you can learn something from this example.
The original post indicates he didn't go in uninformed. A classic negotiation tactic is to let the other side go first. Asking a salesman to show you something is a good opening move for an expensive purchase even if you know exactly why you are there and what you want to buy. When the salesperson went immediately to the product of the day, that gave away that they were acting in bad faith.