FRANCHISE MGT. UNLIMITED INC. v. AMERICA'S FAVORITE CHICKEN

Docket No. 182662.

561 N.W.2d 123 (1997)

221 Mich. App. 239

FRANCHISE MANAGEMENT UNLIMITED INC., Robert Burney and Rogers Clark, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. AMERICA'S FAVORITE CHICKEN, a Minnesota corporation, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided January 24, 1997, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication April 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond & Prokop, P.C. by Jeffrey J. Mayer, Southfield, for Franchise Management Unlimited, Inc., Robert Burney, and Rogers Clark.

Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman by Cynthia M. York, Detroit, Wiley, Rein & Fielding by James C. Rubinger, Washington, DC, for America's Favorite Chicken.

Before YOUNG, P.J., and TAYLOR and R.C. LIVO, JJ.


TAYLOR, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a dispute between a franchisor, defendant America's Favorite Chicken, and one of its franchisees, plaintiffs Franchise Management Unlimited, Inc., Robert Burney, and Rogers Clark, regarding defendant's insistence that plaintiffs release claims against it before defendant would approve the transfer of one of plaintiffs' franchises to a new owner.

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