Legal Opinion
Generac Corporation v. Caterpillar Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 1999No. 97-1404PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
From 1992 until 1996, Generac Corporation served as a dealer of certain generators that it manufactured under license from Caterpillar Inc. In June 1996, Caterpillar decided to terminate its agreement with Generac and find a new business partner. Generac fought back with a suit under the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law (“WFDL”), the Sherman Act, the Wisconsin common law concerning restrictive covenants, and the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. The district court, in two separate orders, disposed of the entire action in Caterpillar’s…
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