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CHORLEY ENTERS. v. DICKEY'S BARBECUE RESTAURANTS

Nos. 14-1799, 14-1800, 14-1833, 14-1834.

807 F.3d 553 (2015)

CHORLEY ENTERPRISES, INC., a Maryland Corporation; Matthew Chorley; Carla Chorley, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DICKEY'S BARBECUE RESTAURANTS, INC., a Texas corporation; Roland Dickey, Jr.; Jerrel Denton, Defendants-Appellants. James Strother Crockett, Jr., Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel. Justin Trouard; Jessica Chelton, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants, Inc., a Texas corporation; Roland Dickey, Jr.; Jerrel Denton, Defendants-Appellants. James Strother Crockett, Jr., Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel. Chorley Enterprises, Inc., a Maryland Corporation; Matthew Chorley; Carla Chorley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants, Inc., a Texas corporation; Roland Dickey, Jr.; Jerrel Denton, Defendants-Appellees. James Strother Crockett, Jr., Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel. Justin Trouard; Jessica Chelton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants, Inc., a Texas corporation; Roland Dickey, Jr.; Jerrel Denton, Defendants-Appellees. James Strother Crockett, Jr., Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 5, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Roger Brian Kaplan , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Florham Park, New Jersey, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Russell James Gaspar , Cohen Mohr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

James Strother Crockett, Jr. , Spilman, Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, as Court-Assigned Amicus Counsel.

ON BRIEF: Aaron Van Nostrand , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Florham Park, New Jersey, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Andrew K. Wible , C. Patteson Cardwell, IV , Cohen Mohr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Sarah B. Smith , Spilman, Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, for Amicus Curiae.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Floyd wrote the opinion, in which Judge Diaz and Judge Thacker joined.

This appeal arises from a franchise dispute. Dickey's, a national franchisor of quick-service barbeque restaurants, claims several of its franchisees in Maryland breached their franchise agreements by running their restaurants poorly. The franchisees in turn claim that Dickey's misrepresented start-up and other costs in violation...

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