United States Seventh Circuit

Contract and Illinois Franchise Disclosure Act claims are not actionable where plaintiffs (restaurant franchisees) failed to show that a franchiser's alleged bad faith threats to terminate a licensing agreement caused plaintiffs to close their restaurant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/21/2002
• Published 08/21/2002

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before:  RIPPLE, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gregory J. Ellis (argued), Schaumburg, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Chen, Norman Leon (argued), Piper Rudnick, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.