DETROIT – Chrysler dealers who lost their franchise agreements in 2009 are still digesting a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Sean Cox in U.S. District Court that does not automatically give them the right to reopen lost franchises.

“It’s not a slam dunk either way,” said Colleen McDonald, who lost three dealerships in 2009 during Chrysler’s bankruptcy restructuring. “I think we are at the point where we have to delve into what the ruling is.”

McDonald won the chance to have her Livonia, Mich., Chrysler Jeep dealership reinstated through federal arbitration.