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John Deere Construction and Forestry Co. v. Reliable Tractor Inc., Misc. No. 12, September Term, 2007 HEADNOTE: Where open-ended agreements may be terminated by either party with 120 days notice, and neither party gives notice of termination within 120 days of the enactment of an applicable statute, principles of fair notice, reasonable reliance, and settled expectations require us to apply the statute prospectively to the agreement. Openended agreements which can be terminated by either party with 120 days notice are deemed to be a series of 120 day contracts, and since the contracts in this case were effectively renewed after the enactment of the relevant statute, the existing law at the time of the renewal is incorporated into the agreement. Where a contract term conflicts with public policy, that term is invalid to the extent that it conflicts with the public policy.

In the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia Civil Case #: 7:07-cv-00043-HL

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND Misc. Docket No. 12 September Term, 2007 ____________________________________ JOHN DEERE CONSTRUCTION AND FORESTRY CO. v. RELIABLE TRACTOR, INC. _______________________________________ Bell, C.J. Harrell Battaglia Greene Murphy Raker, Irma S. (Retired, Specially Assigned) Cathell, Dale R. (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ. _______________________________________ Opinion by Greene, J. Harrell, Murphy, and Cathell, JJ., Dissent. _______________________________________ Filed: September 15, 2008

This case comes to this Court as a certified question from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. We are asked to decide whether the good cause provision of the Maryland Equipment Dealer Act ("the Act"), Md. Code (1975, 2005 Repl. Vol.),

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