15 U.S.C. § 1222 — Authorization of suits against manufacturers; amount of recovery; defenses

An automobile dealer^* may bring suit against any automobile manufacturer^* engaged in commerce^*, in any district court of the United States in the district in which that manufacturer resides, or is found, or has an agent, without respect to the amount in controversy, and must recover the damages by him sustained and the cost of suit by reason of the failure of that automobile manufacturer from and after August 8, 1956 , to act in good faith^* in performing or complying with any of the terms or provisions of the franchise^*, or in terminating, canceling, or not renewing the franchise with that dealer: Provided , That in any such suit the manufacturer must not be barred from asserting in defense of any such action the failure of the dealer to act in good faith.