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ZIEGLER CO., INC. v. REXNORD, INC.

No. 86-0462.

139 Wis.2d 593 (1987)

407 N.W.2d 873

ZIEGLER COMPANY, INC., a Wisconsin corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner, v. REXNORD, INC., a Wisconsin corporation, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 25, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Steven J. Kirschner, Ross & Stevens, S.C., Madison, and of counsel Lewis A. Remele, Jr., Gregory M. Weyandt and Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and oral argument by Mr. Kirschner.

For the defendant-respondent there was a brief by William H. Levit, Jr., Michael B. Apfeld and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Levit.

Amicus curiae briefs were filed by William F. Nelson, Margaret A. Satterthwaite and DeWitt, Porter, Huggett, Schumacher & Morgan, P.C., Madison, for Wisconsin Council of the National Alliance of Franchisees and Dealers; and, Michael A. Bowen and Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, for the J.I. Case Company.

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals filed on July 15, 1986, affirming a summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that the plaintiff, Ziegler Company, Inc. (Ziegler), was not a dealer within the meaning of the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law (ch. 135, Stats. 1985-86).

The Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law (WFDL) provides among other things that a grantor of a dealership may not fail to renew...

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