EX-5.1 2 d662983dex51.htm EX-5.1 EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

March 6, 2014

LKQ Corporation

500 West Madison Street

Suite 2800

Chicago, Illinois 60661

LKQ Corporation

Registration Statement on Form S-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am the General Counsel of LKQ Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and have acted as securities counsel to the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates listed on Annex A hereto (the “Guarantors”) in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of the Company (the “Registration Statement”), filed on or about the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), in connection with the offering by the Company of up to $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.75% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Exchange Notes”) in exchange for a like principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 4.75% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Original Notes”).

The Exchange Notes are to be issued pursuant to the Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of May 9, 2013, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and are or will be guaranteed pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and the notation endorsed on the Notes by the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”).

In arriving at the opinions expressed below, I have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction as being true and complete copies of the originals, of the Indenture, the Original Notes and the Guarantees related thereto and the forms of the Exchange Notes and the Guarantees related thereto, and such other documents, corporate records, certificates of officers of the Company and the Guarantors and of public officials and other instruments as I have deemed necessary or advisable to enable me to render these opinions. In my examination, I have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as copies. As to any facts material to these opinions, I have relied to the extent I deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Guarantors and others.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, I am of the opinion that, when the Exchange Notes and the Guarantees related thereto are executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and issued and delivered in exchange for the Original Notes in the manner described in the Registration Statement, the Exchange Notes will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, and the Guarantees will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors obligated thereon.


The opinions and other matters in this letter are qualified in their entirety by, and subject to, the following:

 

  i. I express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Included Laws. For purposes of this opinion, the term “Included Laws” means the Laws of the State of New York, which is the law that governs the Indenture and the obligation of the Guarantors to guarantee the Exchange Notes under certain circumstances (the securities to which the opinion in this letter relates), the general corporate, limited liability company or partnership statutes in the states in which the Guarantors are incorporated or otherwise organized, and the Laws of the State of Delaware that are, in my experience, normally applicable to the matters covered by my opinion, including the Delaware General Corporation Law, any applicable provisions of the Constitution of the State of Delaware, and applicable judicial decisions.

 

  ii. The foregoing opinion is limited by and subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer or conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, and general equitable or public policy principles.

 

  iii. This letter and the matters addressed herein are as of the date hereof, and I undertake no, and hereby disclaim any, obligation to advise you of any change in any matter set forth herein, whether based on a change in the law, a change in any fact relating to the Company or any other person or entity, including governmental authorities (each such person or entity being a “Person”), or any other circumstance. This opinion letter is limited to the matters expressly stated herein and no opinions are to be inferred or may be implied beyond the opinions expressly set forth herein.

 

  iv. I express no opinion regarding the effectiveness of (i) any waiver of stay, extension or usury laws; (ii) provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to public policy or federal or state securities laws; (iii) any purported fraudulent transfer “savings” clause; (iv) any waiver of the right to jury trial or (v) any provision to the effect that every right or remedy is cumulative and may be exercised in addition to any other right or remedy or that the election of some particular remedy does not preclude recourse to one or more others.

I consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references made to me under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Victor M. Casini, Esq

 

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ANNEX A

ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name of Additional Registrant

  

Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Formation

Accu-Parts LLC

   New York

Akron Airport Properties, Inc.

   Ohio

American Recycling International, Inc.

   California

A-Reliable Auto Parts & Wreckers, Inc.

   Illinois

ATK Motorsports Inc.

   California

Budget Auto Parts U-Pull-It, Inc.

   Louisiana

City Auto Parts of Durham, Inc.

   North Carolina

Damron Holding Company, LLC

   Delaware

DAP Trucking, LLC

   Florida

Double R Auto Sales, Inc.

   Florida

Gearhead Engines Inc.

   California

Greenleaf Auto Recyclers, LLC

   Delaware

KAI China LLC

   Delaware

KAIR IL, LLC

   Illinois

Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc.

   California

Kwik Auto Body Supplies, Inc.

   Massachusetts

Lakefront Capital Holdings, Inc.

   California

LKQ 1st Choice Auto Parts, LLC

   Oklahoma

LKQ 250 Auto, Inc.

   Ohio

LKQ A&R Auto Parts, Inc.

   South Carolina

LKQ All Models Corp.

   Arizona

LKQ Apex Auto Parts, Inc.

   Oklahoma

LKQ Atlanta, L.P.

   Delaware

LKQ Auto Parts of Central California, Inc.

   California

LKQ Auto Parts of Memphis, Inc.

   Arkansas

LKQ Auto Parts of North Texas, Inc.

   Delaware

LKQ Auto Parts of North Texas, L.P.

   Delaware

LKQ Auto Parts of Orlando, LLC

   Florida

LKQ Auto Parts of Utah, LLC

   Utah

LKQ Best Automotive Corp.

   Delaware

LKQ Birmingham, Inc.

   Alabama

LKQ Brad’s Auto & Truck Parts, Inc.

   Oregon

LKQ Broadway Auto Parts, Inc.

   New York

LKQ Copher Self Service Auto Parts-Bradenton Inc.

   Florida

LKQ Copher Self Service Auto Parts-Clearwater Inc.

   Florida

LKQ Copher Self Service Auto Parts-St. Petersburg Inc.

   Florida

LKQ Copher Self Service Auto Parts-Tampa Inc.

   Florida

LKQ Crystal River, Inc.

   Florida

LKQ Finance 1 LLC

   Delaware

LKQ Finance 2 LLC

   Delaware

LKQ Foster Auto Parts Salem, Inc.

   Oregon

LKQ Foster Auto Parts Westside LLC

   Oregon

LKQ Foster Auto Parts, Inc.

   Oregon

LKQ Gorham Auto Parts Corp.

   Maine

LKQ Great Lakes Corp.

   Indiana


LKQ Heavy Truck-Texas Best Diesel, L.P.

   Texas

LKQ Holding Co.

   Delaware

LKQ Hunts Point Auto Parts Corp.

   New York

LKQ Lakenor Auto & Truck Salvage, Inc.

   California

LKQ Management Company

   Delaware

LKQ Metro, Inc.

   Illinois

LKQ Mid-America Auto Parts, Inc.

   Kansas

LKQ Midwest Auto Parts Corp.

   Nebraska

LKQ Minnesota, Inc.

   Minnesota

LKQ of Indiana, Inc.

   Indiana

LKQ of Michigan, Inc.

   Michigan

LKQ of Nevada, Inc.

   Nevada

LKQ of Tennessee, Inc.

   Tennessee

LKQ Online Corp.

   Delaware

LKQ Penn-Mar, Inc.

   Pennsylvania

LKQ Plunks Truck Parts & Equipment—Jackson, Inc.

   Mississippi

LKQ Powertrain, Inc.

   Delaware

LKQ Precious Metals, Inc.

   Rhode Island

LKQ Raleigh Auto Parts Corp.

   North Carolina

LKQ Route 16 Used Auto Parts, Inc.

   Massachusetts

LKQ Salisbury, Inc.

   North Carolina

LKQ Savannah, Inc.

   Georgia

LKQ Self Service Auto Parts-Holland, Inc.

   Michigan

LKQ Self Service Auto Parts-Kalamazoo, Inc.

   Michigan

LKQ Self Service Auto Parts-Memphis LLC

   Tennessee

LKQ Self Service Auto Parts Tulsa, Inc.

   Oklahoma

LKQ Smart Parts, Inc.

   Delaware

LKQ Southwick LLC

   Massachusetts

LKQ Taiwan Holding Company

   Illinois

LKQ Tire & Recycling, Inc.

   Delaware

LKQ Trading Company

   Delaware

LKQ Triplett ASAP, Inc.

   Ohio

LKQ U-Pull-It Auto Damascus, Inc.

   Oregon

LKQ U-Pull-It Tigard, Inc.

   Oregon

LKQ West Michigan Auto Parts, Inc.

   Michigan

Michael Auto Parts, Incorporated

   Florida

North American ATK Corporation

   California

P.B.E. Specialties, Inc.

   Massachusetts

Pick-Your-Part Auto Wrecking

   California

Potomac German Auto South, Inc.

   Florida

Potomac German Auto, Inc.

   Maryland

Pull-N-Save Auto Parts, LLC

   Colorado

Redding Auto Center, Inc.

   California

Scrap Processors, LLC

   Illinois

Speedway Pull-N-Save Auto Parts, LLC

   Florida

Supreme Auto Parts, Inc.

   Pennsylvania

U-Pull-It, Inc.

   Illinois

U-Pull-It, North, LLC

   Illinois