Legal Opinion
To-Am Equipment Co., Inc. v. Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 1998No. 97-1395PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Legal terms often have specialized meanings that can surprise even a sophisticated party. The term “fi-anchise,” or its deriva tive “franchisee,” is one of those words. The question in this case is whether the district court correctly ruled that certain payments that To-Am Equipment Company made to Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America (MCFA), in connection with To-Am’s distributorship for certain Mitsubishi products, could constitute franchise fees within the meaning of the Illinois Franchise Disclosure Act of 1987, 815 ILCS 705/1 et seq. That ruling in turn…
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