LAKEFIELD TELEPHONE CO. v. NORTHERN TELECOM, INC.

Nos. 88-3062, 88-3140.

970 F.2d 386 (1992)

LAKEFIELD TELEPHONE COMPANY, a Wisconsin Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. NORTHERN TELECOM, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Markson, Bell, Metzner, Gierhart & Moore, Madison, Wis. (argued), for plaintiff-appellant.

Clay Williams, Robert E. Wrenn, Terry E. Nilles (argued), Gibbs, Roper, Loots & Williams, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr. and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Lakefield Telephone Company claims to be a dealer for defendant Northern Telecom and entitled to the protection of the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law (WFDL), Wis.Stat. § 135.01 et seq. (1989).1 After a trial, the district court decided that Lakefield was not a "dealer" under WFDL and Lakefield has appealed. Initially the district court had found a likelihood that Lakefield would prevail...

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