Bruce Lippo, D/B/A "Walden-Woodfield Service Station," v. Mobil Oil Corporation

776 F.2d 706

Bruce LIPPO, d/b/a "Walden-Woodfield Service Station,"

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 84-1175.

United States Court of Appeals,

Seventh Circuit.

Argued Feb. 28, 1985.

Decided Oct. 30, 1985.

Fred E. Schulz, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Michael R. McKenna, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

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For a number of years plaintiff Bruce Lippo operated a gasoline service station in Schaumburg, Illinois, as a franchisee of the…