United States Eighth Circuit

In a suit related to the early termination of a distributor agreement, denial of a preliminary injunction is affirmed where plaintiff could not demonstrate a likelihood of success on its claims since the distributor agreement was no longer in effect, and defendant's termination of the agreement did not fall under the Minnesota Franchise Act's termination requirements since plaintiff had never paid defendant a franchise fee.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2009
• Published 01/23/2009

Judges

• BYE, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BYE and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul L. Ratelle, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Louise Dovre Bjorkman, Michael J. Steinlage, Kelly A. Swanson, Larson & King, St. Paul, MN, James V. Garvey, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.