Hellendall Distributors, Inc. v. S.B. Thomas, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

NEWCOMER, District Judge.

Before the court is the defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment on its counterclaim. The defendant is a producer of bakery products. The plaintiff is a distributor of bakery products and has distributed the defendant’s products since 1941. On September 20,1982, the defendant notified the plaintiff that it intended to terminate the plaintiff’s distributorship. Shortly thereafter the plaintiff brought this action alleging, inter alia, that the defendant had breached a distributorship and franchise agreement with the plaintiff by unlawfully terminating…