Legal Opinion
Holiday Inns Franchising, Inc. v. Branstad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 20, 1995No. 94-954PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNELL, Justice.
This case is considered pursuant to the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, Iowa Code chapter 684A (1993). The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa has certified to us questions of Iowa law which we now address.
I. Factual Background
The Iowa Franchise Act took effect on July 1, 1992. On July 2, 1992, Holiday Inns Franchising, Inc. and Holiday Inns, Inc. (collectively “Holiday Inns”) filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa challenging the act on numerous grounds. McDonald’s Corporation brought a…
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