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ZIEGLER CO., INC. v. REXNORD

No. 86-0462.

147 Wis.2d 308 (1988)

433 N.W.2d 8

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided December 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs by Steven J. Kirschner and Ross & Stevens, S.C., Madison, and 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 HLevit, Jr., Michael B. Apfeld and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Milwaukee and oral argument by Mr. Apfeld.

Amicus curiae briefs were filed by William C. Wolford, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general, for the Department of Justice, State of Wisconsin; and William F. Nelson, Margaret A. Satterthwaite and DeWitt, Porter, Huggett, Schumacher & Morgan, S.C., Madison, for the Wisconsin Council of the National Alliance of Franchisees and Dealers and Wisconsin Wine and Spirits Institute.

STEINMETZ, J.

The issue before the court on reconsideration is under what circumstances and upon that conditions does the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law (WFDL), ch. 135, permit a grantor to change its method of doing business with its dealers, and, further, whether the facts of this case satisfy those circumstances and conditions.

Ziegler Co., Inc. (Ziegler) commenced an action against Rexnord, Inc. (Rexnord) alleging a violation of the WFDL, misrepresentation...

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