Montana Code 30-11-902. Cancellation and alteration of dealerships
30-11-902. Cancellation and alteration of dealerships. A grantor may not, directly or indirectly, terminate, cancel, fail to renew, or substantially change the competitive circumstances of a dealership agreement without good cause. The burden of proving good cause is on the grantor.
Terms Used In Montana Code 30-11-902
- Dealership: means a contract or agreement, expressed or implied, whether oral or written, including a franchise as defined in 61-4-201, by which a person is granted the right to sell or distribute construction equipment, in which there is a community of interest in the business of offering, selling, or distributing construction equipment. See Montana Code 30-11-901
- Good cause: when used in 30-11-902, 30-11-903, and 30-11-909, means:
(i)failure by a dealer to comply substantially with essential and reasonable requirements imposed upon the dealer by the grantor or sought to be imposed by the grantor, which requirements are not discriminatory as compared with requirements imposed on other similarly situated dealers either by the terms of the requirements or in the manner of their enforcement; or
(ii)bad faith by the dealer in carrying out the terms of the dealership. See Montana Code 30-11-901
- Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
- Grantor: means a person who grants a dealership. See Montana Code 30-11-901