Automobile - Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions
- Updated January 21, 2001
106 F. Supp.2d 905 (W.D. Texas, July 21, 2000), affirmed, 264 F.3d 493 (5th Cir., August 27, 2001)
Court rejects Ford Motor Company's ("Ford's") claims that enforcement proceedings undertaken by the Texas Department of Transportation ("Texas DOT") to prevent Ford, through a web site, from acting as an automobile dealer and selling used cars to Texas consumers, violates the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, or deprives Ford of its rights under either the First Amendment or the Due Process or Equal Protection clauses.