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FordFord Wins Round in Fight to KO Dealership SaleFord Wins Round in Fight to KO Dealership Sale
SACRAMENTO, CA Ford Motor Co. wins the first round of a ground-breaking dispute over whether a dealership's sale to a large publicly owned dealer group can be blocked because the group elsewhere allegedly runs stores of the same brand. California Judge Merilyn Wong upheld the auto maker's refusal to allow Asbury Automotive Group, of Stamford, CT, to purchase Bob Baker Ford in San Diego. Ford contends