It was a very bad idea for the dealers to pick this fight with Tesla. Once it is established by the courts that manufacturers without franchises can sell direct, the floodgates of new manufacturers will open, and the game will be over.
I don't know. perhaps it is old news. it popped up on my news ticker thinge. I deleted the text and i'll repost original content if it is indeed recent news.
When FTC gave Tesla's sales model its approval, the writing was pretty clearly on the wall that the dealer associations weren't going to win if they keep escalating this fight.
Might have been remnants from the decision in March that was seen as a partial victory for Tesla in Ohio. Limited to 3 stores state-wide.