DeVALK LINCOLN MERCURY, INC. v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 86-1638.

811 F.2d 326 (1987)

DeVALK LINCOLN MERCURY, INC., an Illinois corporation, Harold G. DeValk and John M. Fitzgerald, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, and Ford Leasing Development Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1987.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte, William J. Harte, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas B. McNeill, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Harold DeValk, John Fitzgerald, and DeValk Lincoln Mercury, Inc. ("DLM"), appeal a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants Ford Motor Company and Ford Leasing Development Company (collectively "Ford").

Plaintiffs DeValk and Fitzgerald were owners and managers of an automobile dealership, DeValk Lincoln Mercury, in Chicago, Illinois. In August 1979, after several months of poor performance, DLM submitted...

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