| Court: | US District Court, Western District of Wisconsin |
| Facts: | Wallgreen decides to get out of the franchise business in Wisconsin. A bunch of franchisees are uptight about this. |
| Posture: | Appeal by defendant; motion for summary judgment. |
| Issue: | Does the WI Fair Dealership Law permit a granter to cancel all dealership arrangements for bona fide economic reasons? |
| Holding: | No: you have to have good cause. No injunctive relief, only damages. |
| Rule: | Several different resolutions, depending on when the dealership |
| Reasoning: | The legislature wasn't trying to create a perpetual care responsibility for dealerships, but dealers should be reimbursed for losses resulting from termination. The law covers all such circumstances, including non-discriminatory withdrawals from an entire geographic range. |
| Dicta: | The court suspects that this law may not be a good idea, but acknowledges that it's not for them to say. |