Legal Opinion
DeValk Lincoln Mercury, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 16, 1987No. 86-1638PublishedCited by 195 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr.', Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Harold DeValk, John Fitzgerald, and DeValk Lincoln Mercury, Inc. (“DLM”), appeal a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants Ford Motor Company and Ford Leasing Development Company (collectively “Ford”).
Plaintiffs DeValk and Fitzgerald were owners and managers of an automobile dealership, DeValk Lincoln Mercury, in Chicago, Illinois. In August 1979, after several months of poor performance, DLM submitted its resignation as a Lincoln-Mercury dealership to Ford. DLM and Ford then entered into negotiations to wind up the dealership’s affairs…
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