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JPM, INC. v. JOHN DEERE INDUS. EQUIPMENT CO.

No. 95-3776.

94 F.3d 270 (1996)

JPM, INC., John P. Mettler, and Margo Mettler, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JOHN DEERE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY and Deere & Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol S. Dittmar, argued, Garvey, Anderson, Johnson, Gabler & Geraci, Eau Claire, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James Michal Brennan, David R. Cross, argued, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Gary L. Antoniewicz, Christopher J. Dodge, Tomlinson, Gilman & Rikkers, Madison, WI, for amicus curiae Midwest Equipment Dealers Ass'n, Inc.

Before ESCHBACH, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

John Mettler and his wife Margo are the sole shareholders of JPM, Inc. In 1990, JPM and the John Deere company entered into three separate agreements. The agreements, which created a dealership under the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law, made JPM a "dealer" and John Deere a "grantor," as those terms are defined by the Wisconsin law. Wis.Stat. § 135.02(2) and (5). In the deal, JPM purchased the exclusive dealership rights to certain...

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