Legal Opinion

James A. Buffler and Electronic Computer Institute of Knoxville, Inc. v. Electronic Computer Programming Institute, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided August 30, 1972No. 72-1082PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

On June 15, 1966, Plaintiffs-Appellees (hereinafter Buffler) entered into two franchise agreements with Defendants-Appellants (hereinafter ECPI), under which Buffler was to operate a computer training school as the exclusive franchisee of ECPI in Eastern Tennessee.

Under the agreements Buffler was required to pay ECPI initial franchise fees totalling $9,750.00 and a royalty of six percent of the gross tuition receipts. In exchange for these payments, Buffler was to receive from ECPI franchise rights and certain specified goods and services related to the operation of…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
  5. Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. BodingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1955

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,861 Gerald Mansbach v. Prescott, Ball & TurbenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
  2. Hercules & Co. v. Shama Restaurant Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
  3. Overseas Motors, Inc. v. Import Motors Limited, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1974
  4. Sam Reisfeld & Son Import Company v. S. A. EtecoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  5. In Re Mercury Construction Corporation, Mercury Construction Corporation v. The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981

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