United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit by car dealers against a car manufacturer accusing the manufacturer of ending their franchises without adequate cause by requiring that they pay up front for inventory, dismissal of the suit for misconduct is affirmed where the instances of plaintiffs' misconduct were supported by adequate findings and the penalty of dismissal was proportionate to the misconduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/20/2008
• Published 02/20/2008

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Timothy Eaton (argued), Shefsky & Froelich, William J. Harte, Harte & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michele Odorizzi (argued), Mayer Brown, James J. Roche, Roche & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.