Restraining order issued against auto dealer

Posted 10/29/19

LARAMIE (WNE) — A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order last week against the owner of a recently defunct Laramie car dealership, Snowy Range Dodge, which was sued earlier this …

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Restraining order issued against auto dealer

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LARAMIE (WNE) — A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order last week against the owner of a recently defunct Laramie car dealership, Snowy Range Dodge, which was sued earlier this year by Nissan for about $6.8 million in unpaid debt.

The temporary restraining order, a type of emergent but temporary injunction, bars the dealership from “encumbering, transferring, spending, removing, or otherwise disposing of, damaging, altering, or impairing, account funds, whether in the form of a check, withdrawal, transfer or otherwise, without the written consent of (Nissan) or until further order of this court.”

The dealership’s owner, JAG Auto, is alleged to have sold Nissan vehicles without paying the car manufacturer for the products.

Nissan’s financing of the car dealership allowed JAG Auto to acquire an inventory of new and used vehicles without pre-paying for them.

In total, Nissan claims it is owed more than $6.8 million from the Laramie company.

In July, after the lawsuit began, the Pierce Street dealership was sold to a Colorado company and it now operates as Johnson Auto of Laramie.

U.S. District Court Judge Alan Johnson set a hearing for Nov. 6 to determine whether a preliminary injunction should be issued against JAG Auto.

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