AAMCO Industries, Inc. v. DeWolf

Todd, Justice.

William E. DeWolf operated an AAMCO transmission service facility franchise in Bloomington, Minnesota. The Consumer Division of the Minnesota Attorney General’s office received numerous complaints about the operation of DeWolf’s facility. The attorney general’s office contacted the AAMCO national consumer affairs office. Through a cooperative investigation between AAMCO and the attorney general’s office, evidence of serious consumer fraud was obtained. AAMCO terminated DeWolf’s franchise immediately and brought action for declaratory and injunctive relief. The trial court…