Mealey's (July 16, 2020, 12:59 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A German multinational engineering and technology company and its subsidiary argue in a July 13 brief to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that franchise dealerships are attempting “to vindicate their unfounded right to have their supplier, Volkswagen, make and supply them with hypothetical diesel vehicles instead of the electric-powered and other vehicles that Volkswagen in its discretion chose to manufacture and offer for sale” ([In re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation] J. Bertolet, Inc., et al. v. Robert Bosch, LLC, et al., No. 20-15034, 9th Cir.)....