Aron Alan, LLC v. Tanfran, Inc.

OPINION

CLELAND, District Judge.

In this commercial dispute between a tanning salon franchisor and franchisee, Plaintiffs-Appellants appeal the opinion and order of the district court granting summary judgment to the franchisor, De fendants-Appellees. The district court found that no reasonable prospective franchisee could have relied upon the several allegedly false profit and loss statements presented by Defendants-Appellees, but rather would have been prompted to further inquiry, demanding an explanation of the “widely divergent” and internally inconsistent figures in the statements. We…