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MORLEY-MURPHY CO. v. ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORP.

No. 96-3527.

142 F.3d 373 (1998)

MORLEY-MURPHY CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORP., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Stuart Parsons (argued), Katherine H. Grebe, Michael John Fischer, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Hille R. Sheppard, Constantine L. Trela, Jr. (argued), Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, John S. Skilton, G. M. Laskis, Foley & Lardner, Madison, WI, Michael A. Bowen, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Brian E. Butler, Joseph P. Wright, Stafford, Rosebaum, Rieser & Hansen, Madison, WI, for Amicus Curiae.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and MANION and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Like many states, Wisconsin has a law that regulates the relationship between manufacturers and their dealers. See Wis. Stat. Ann. § 135.01 et seq. (West 1997) (Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law hereafter "WFDL"). Dealers invest in a great deal of firm-specific, or brand-specific, capital, in the goods that they carry, and many states have concluded that this leaves the dealers vulnerable to opportunistic manufacturer behavior...

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