McDONALD'S CORPORATION, Plaintiff,
v.
Steven L. NELSON and Tass Enterprises, Inc., Defendants,
State of Iowa, Intervenor,
Iowa Franchisee Association, Intervenor.
HOLIDAY INNS FRANCHISING, INC., and Holiday Inns, Inc., Plaintiffs,
v.
Terry BRANSTAD, John Q. Hammons, and Omaha Hotel, Inc., Defendants,
Iowa Franchisee Association, Intervenor.
United States District Court, S.D. Iowa, C.D.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 14, 1993.
May 14, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kimberly J. Walker, Walker Giudicessi & Kincaid, Des Moines, IA, Alan H. Silberman, William T. Barker, Robert T. Joseph and Jill A. Thompson, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for McDonald's of Delaware, Inc., plaintiff.
Mark Hunacek, Iowa Atty. Gen., Gen. Counsel Div., DOT, Ames, IA, for State of Iowa, intervenor and Terry E. Branstad, defendant.
Brent B. Green and Mariclare Thinnes, Duncan Green Brown Langeness & Eckley, Des Moines, IA, for Steven Nelson and Tass Enterprises, Inc., defendants.
Thomas D. Hanson, Hanson Bjork & Russell, Des Moines, IA, and John G. Parker, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, GA, for Iowa Franchisee Ass'n, intervenor.
Edward W. Remsburg, Ahlers Cooney Dorweiler Haynie Smith & Allbee, Des Moines, IA, John G. Parker, Janet L. Kishbaugh and Ronald T. Coleman, Jr., Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, GA, for Holiday Inns Franchising, Inc., plaintiff and Holiday Inns, Inc., plaintiffs.
Barbara A. Hering Antonio Colacino Bradshaw Fowler Proctor & Fairgrave, John J. Gajdel, Watson & Gajdel, Des Moines, IA, and Hugh D. Mauch, Great Bend, KS, for John Q. Hammons and Omaha Hotel, Inc., defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. Iowa, C.D.
MEMORANDUM OPINION, RULINGS, ADJUDICATION, AND § 1292(b) CERTIFICATION
VIETOR, District Judge.
Plaintiff McDonald's Corporation ("McDonald's") and plaintiffs Holiday Inns Franchising, Inc. and Holiday Inns, Inc. (jointly referred to as "Holiday Inns") bring separate actions for declaratory judgment seeking determinations that the Iowa Franchise Act, House File 2362 (codified at Iowa Code ch. 523H) ("Act"), violates various provisions of the United States...
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