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St. Joseph Equipment v. Massey-Ferguson, Inc.

546 F. Supp. 1245 (1982)

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St. Joseph Equipment v. Massey-Ferguson, Inc.

United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
546 F. Supp. 1245 (1982)

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Facts

Beginning in 1958, Massey-Ferguson, Inc. (M-F) (defendant), a manufacturer of construction equipment and other machinery, granted St. Joseph Equipment (St. Joseph) (plaintiff) a license to deal in M-F construction equipment. By 1978, M-F was losing money on its line of construction equipment. The manufacturer gave all its dealers notice that it was pulling out of the construction-equipment business. St. Joseph sued M-F for violating the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law (WFDL) and for failing to give adequate notice. The WFDL’s stated purposes were to promote the public interest in fair dealings between dealers and grantors, and to protect dealers against unfair treatment by grantors. One way in which the WFDL attempted to achieve these purposes was to prohibit a grantor from terminating or changing the fair competitive circumstances of a dealership agreement without good cause and requisite notice. M-F moved for summary judgment.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Evans, J.)

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