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FIELDS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 96-2913.

121 F.3d 271 (1997)

M.E. FIELDS and J.R. Fields, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald B. Mullin, William H. Kelly, Jr., Ira M. Levin (argued), Rosenthal & Scanfield, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard C. Godfrey (argued), Thomas E. Dutton, John R. Robertson, Gabriela I. Monahan, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CUDAHY, ROVNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

For fourteen years, from 1971 to 1985, John and Earl Fields, as Fields Cadillac, Inc., owned and operated a Cadillac dealership in Evanston, Illinois. In the early 1980s Cadillacs experienced a temporary decline in popularity, resulting in an "over-dealered" market in the Chicago area. The Fields' dealership sold many fewer cars than previously and was losing money. After considering the options available to them, the Fields decided to give...

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