GIRL SCOUTS OF MANITOU v. GIRL SCOUTS OF U.S.

No. 10-1986.

646 F.3d 983 (2011)

GIRL SCOUTS OF MANITOU COUNCIL, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GIRL SCOUTS OF the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Leydig (argued), Attorney, Riordan, Fulkerson, Hupert & Coleman, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kenneth Kirschner , Lyndon M. Tretter (argued), Attorneys, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This diversity suit pits a local Girl Scouts "council" ("local Girl Scouts chapter" would be a more illuminating designation), which we'll call Manitou, located in Wisconsin, against the national Girl Scouts organization. Manitou accuses the national organization of violating the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law, Wis. Stat. ch. 135, along with Wisconsin common law principles that we can ignore.

In 2004 there were more than 300 local councils...

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