Wisconsin Federal Judge: GM Dealers’ Administrative Complaint Was Not Removeable

Mealey's (May 17, 2019, 8:11 AM EDT) -- MADISON, Wis. — An administrative complaint filed by a number of motor vehicle dealers with the Wisconsin Division of Hearings and Appeals (DHA) over changes to their dealer agreements was not removeable to federal court as General Motors LLC (GM) was unable to show that federal interests in hearing the matter in federal court predominated over Wisconsin’s “interests in providing administrative oversight of motor vehicle dealer agreements,” a Wisconsin federal judge ruled May 16, granting a motion for remand (Don Johnson’s Haywood Motors, Inc., et al. v. General Motors LLC, No. 18-919, W.D. Wis., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82464)....