Tesla:1 - Auto Dealerships: Zero

Precedence or not - I'm thinking in a different light. One of my law professors was a state supreme court clerk in his early days. One day he told those of us in his class, that it was common for the justice he worked for, to tell his clerks how he wanted to rule on any given decision. The justice would simply tell the clerk(s) to go write 'his' decision - based on what the law is - and work it so it falls in line the way he wanted to decision to go.
In Teslas' case, it wouldn't surprise me to find out there's a back story. Imagine for example, the justices knowing that the REAL reason auto dealerships wanted to bring suit, would be to stop/slow Tesla's progress into the high end markets. If Tesla could be forced to build a network of dealerships - that could effectively burden Tesla (time & money wise) enough to keep them from coming to market in their area. The dealerships' success would mean they get to sell their high end gas burners - free of the worry of their market being threatened. A supreme court COULD find for or against - based on the law presented ... but the decision COULD be based on good ol' fairness. Just a thought.
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