Legal Opinion

Rico Industries, Inc. v. TLC Group, Inc.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 27, 2018No. 1-17-2279UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon

*843 ¶ 1 The instant appeal arises from an agreement between plaintiff, Rico Industries, Inc., and defendant, TLC Group, Inc., in which defendant was to be the exclusive sales representative of plaintiff's products sold to Walmart. Plaintiff later sought to terminate the agreement, which contained a provision providing that it was only terminable upon the mutual consent of the parties, so plaintiff filed a complaint for declaratory judgment seeking a declaration that the agreement was terminable at will because it was a contract of indefinite duration. In return, defendant filed a number of…

2Cases cited36 opinions

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