SHELDON v. MUNFORD, INC.

No. 89-2324.

950 F.2d 403 (1991)

Robert J. SHELDON and Joan M. Sheldon, doing business as World Bazaar of Southlake, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MUNFORD, INCORPORATED, a Georgia Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Brown, Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, Merrillville, Ind., argued, for plaintiff-appellee Robert J. Sheldon.

Robert D. Hawk, Robert D. Brown, Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, Merrillville, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee Joan M. Sheldon, dba World Bazaar of Southlake.

Marc P. Seidler, Stephen W. Schwab, John F. Verhey, argued, Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, Ill., Daniel W. Glavin, Beckman, Kelly & Smith, Hammond, Ind., Dennis S. Meir, Elizabeth D. Floyd, Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant Munford, Inc.

Before MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant Munford, Incorporated appealed from a judgment for $300,000 for unlawful termination of its Franchise Agreement with plaintiffs.1

FACTS

Munford, a Georgia corporation with its principal place of business in Georgia, owned and operated the World Bazaar franchise system. In 1974, the Sheldons, residents of Indiana, entered into a Franchise Agreement with Munford. The Sheldons started...

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