Kutak Rock attorney Sandy Lowe authored the scholarly article “Constructive Termination in Franchise Law: When Manufacturers Own Appreciating Dealership Facilities,” for the Fall 2018 issue of Franchise Law Journal, which focuses on manufacturer-dealer relationships and approaches to constructive termination based on published manufacturer-dealer cases.

Mr. Lowe first focuses on Surf City Corporation v. Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., and a dealer’s claim addressed by the California Court of Appeal that an automotive manufacturer had constructively terminated its dealer agreement.  Surf City is a case of how exploding property values may impact a dealer-tenant.

The article reviews generally the law of constructive or de facto termination in the manufacturer-dealer context. It also discusses the extent to which constructive termination principles might be implicated in leasing transactions between manufacturers and dealers in the current national real estate market.

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For more than 25 years, Sandy Lowe has worked with a major car manufacturer, handling dealership purchase, real estate and other transactions with its dealers across the United States.

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Sandy Lowe Authors Scholarly Article in Franchise Law Journal