A Layton Chrysler dealership has won back its shop, which the automaker closed as part of a bankruptcy restructuring.

Chrysler was ordered Tuesday to reinstate Cutrubus Motors after an arbiter found the dealership had become profitable in the year before it was forced to close.

In 2009, Chrysler terminated more than 700 dealers nationwide -- including 10 of its 24 franchises in Utah -- as it restructured to pay off its federal bailout. In response, Congress created an arbitration process for dealers to appeal their closures.

Cutrubus is the third dealer in the nation to win reinstatement, the company wrote in a news release.

Chrysler had argued that the dealership had underperformed, but the American Arbitration Association wrote in Tuesday's ruling that the automaker had not measured Cutrubus by clear standards and failed to consider an uptick in the dealership's profits in 2009. It was certified as a "Five Star Dealership" just two weeks before it was placed on a list of dealerships to be closed.

Arbiters also rejected claims that there was not room in the Layton market for Cutrubus to reopen because the Larry H. Miller Group started a Chrysler dealership in nearby Riverdale not long after Cutrubus Motors closed.

"Chrysler and [the Miller Group] ... should have been aware of ... the possibility of ... LDI being added back into the network," the arbiter wrote.

Dealership owners Homer and Phidia Cutrubus are "thrilled" at the arbiter's decision, said their attorney, Andy Deiss.

"They've been Chrysler folks since 1969 and are excited to be back selling Chrysler cars," Deiss said.