H & R Block Tax Services LLC v. Deanna Franklin

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Appellant H & R Block Tax Services LLC (“H & R Block”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees Deanna Franklin, Jerry Franklin, and the Franklin 1989 Revocable Family Trust (collectively “Franklin”). At issue is whether H & R Block had the right to terminate two franchise agreements between the parties where the agreements expressly stated that Franklin could terminate at any time but only affirmatively allowed H & R Block to terminate for cause. The district court held the *943language was to be interpreted so that the franchise…