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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950123-10-066596.txt : 20100721
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100720183334
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-10-066596
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100721
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100720
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20100721

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RUSH ENTERPRISES INC \TX\
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001012019
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-AUTO DEALERS & GASOLINE STATIONS [5500]
		IRS NUMBER:				741733016
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-168231
		FILM NUMBER:		10961279

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 IH 35 SOUTH
		CITY:			NEW BRAUNFELS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78130
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8306265200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 IH 35 SOUTH
		CITY:			NEW BRAUNFELS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78130
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Rush Enterprises, Inc.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>74-1733016</B><BR>
(I.R.S Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>555 IH 35 South <BR>
New Braunfels, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><br>
<B>78130</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Rush Enterprises, Inc. 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Steven L. Keller<BR>
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Rush Enterprises, Inc.<BR>
555 IH 35 South<BR>
New Braunfels, Texas 78130<BR>
(830)&nbsp;626-5200</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Copies to:<BR>
Daryl L. Lansdale, Jr.<BR>
Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P.<BR>
300 Convent Street, Suite&nbsp;2200<BR>
San Antonio, TX 78205<BR>
(210)&nbsp;270-9367</B><BR>
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
</DIV>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Accelerated filer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B><FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></B></TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of securities to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">offering price</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">per share (2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">aggregate offering price (2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Class&nbsp;A Common Stock,<br>
$.01 par value per share
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2,000,000 shares</FONT>
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">12.845</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">25,690,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,832</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">This Registration Statement also covers an additional indeterminable number of shares as may
be required pursuant to the Rush Enterprises, Inc. 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan in the event
of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, exchange of shares or other similar change
in Rush Enterprises, Inc.&#146;s (the &#147;Company&#148;) Class&nbsp;A common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(the &#147;Class&nbsp;A Common Stock&#148;).</DIV></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and is based on the
average of high and low prices of the Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, on
the NASDAQ Global Select Market on
July&nbsp;19, 2010, in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; margin-top: 10pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 2pt solid black; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>




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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">This registration statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is filed by Rush
Enterprises, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) to register an additional 2,000,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A Common
Stock that may be issued under the Rush Enterprises, Inc. 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;). These shares are in addition to the 2,550,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock and 450,000
shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;B common stock (as adjusted for the 3-for-2 stock split effected on
October&nbsp;10, 2007) that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to the Company&#146;s registration
statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-144821), filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on July&nbsp;24, 2007 (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;). Pursuant to
General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and, in accordance therewith, files reports and other
information with the Commission. The following documents, or portions thereof, filed by the
Company with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(1)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009,
filed on March&nbsp;12, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-20797;
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(2)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2010,
filed on May&nbsp;10, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-20797;
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(3)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March&nbsp;10, March&nbsp;25, May&nbsp;21, May&nbsp;26, and
June&nbsp;18, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-20797;
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(4)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the Company&#146;s last Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (1)
above; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(5)&nbsp;The description of the Class&nbsp;A Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Form 8-A, filed on
July&nbsp;9, 2002, including all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description, File No.&nbsp;000-20797.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment that (i)&nbsp;indicates that all securities offered under this
Registration Statement have been sold, or (ii)&nbsp;deregisters all securities then remaining unsold
under this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of
such documents.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that is also
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>ITEM 8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New Braunfels, State of Texas, on July&nbsp;20, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Rush Enterprises, Inc.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Steven L. Keller
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Steven L. Keller&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints W.M. &#147;RUSTY&#148; RUSH and STEVEN L. KELLER, and each of them, as his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith (including any registration statement relating to this Registration Statement
and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;)), with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or
either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ W. Marvin Rush
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">W. Marvin Rush</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ W.M. &#147;Rusty&#148; Rush
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W.M. &#147;Rusty&#148; Rush
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and<br>
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Steven L. Keller
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Steven L. Keller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald J. Krause
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ronald J. Krause</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Harold D. Marshall
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Harold D. Marshall</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas A. Akin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Thomas A. Akin</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James C. Underwood
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James C. Underwood</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gerald R. Szczepanski
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2010</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Gerald R. Szczepanski</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2008, File No.
000-20797)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2009, File No.&nbsp;000-20797)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rush Enterprises, Inc. 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(incorporated herein by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the
Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated April&nbsp;6, 2010)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">* Filed herewith
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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</U>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">July&nbsp;20, 2010


<P align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt">Rush Enterprises, Inc.<BR>
555 IH 35 South<BR>
New Braunfels, Texas 78130

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    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Re:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Registration Statement on Form S-8</TD>
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<P align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:


<P align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), on behalf of Rush
Enterprises, Inc., a Texas corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), relating to 2,000,000 shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common
Stock, $.01 par value per share (the &#147;Class&nbsp;A Common Stock&#148;), issuable pursuant to the Rush Enterprises, Inc. 2007
Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the &#147;Plan&#148;).


<P align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">As counsel to the Company, we have examined such corporate records, other documents and such questions of law as
we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion and, upon the basis of such examinations,
advise you that in our opinion the 2,000,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan have been
duly and validly authorized and, subject to the issuance of such shares and payment therefor in accordance with the
Plan, such shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.


<P align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to the Registration Statement. This consent is not to be
construed as an admission that we are a person whose consent is required to be filed with the Registration Statement
under the provisions of the Securities Act.


<P align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 46%">Very truly yours,


<P align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 46%"><U>/s/ Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P.</U>


<P align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 46%">Fulbright&nbsp;&#038; Jaworski&nbsp;L.L.P.


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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;23.2</U>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 ) relating to 2,000,000 shares of
Rush Enterprises, Inc.&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Rush Enterprises, Inc. 2007 Long-Term Incentive
Plan of our reports dated March&nbsp;12, 2010, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Rush Enterprises,
Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Rush Enterprises, Inc., included in its
Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>/s/ Ernst &#038; Young LLP</U>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">San Antonio, Texas
<BR>
July&nbsp;20, 2010


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