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- Title: Dayan v. Mcdonald's Corp.
- Author : Illinois Appellate Court — First District (1St Division) Judgment Affirmed
- Release Date : January 16, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 83 KB
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Rehearing denied July 31, 1984. This appeal arises out of a suit brought to enjoin McDonald's Corporation from terminating plaintiff Raymond Dayan's restaurant franchise in Paris, France. Other issues relating to this controversy have been considered twice before by this court. (Dayan v. McDonald's Corp. (1979), 78 Ill. App.3d 194, 397 N.E.2d 101; Dayan v. McDonald's Corp. (1978), 64 Ill. App.3d 984, 382 N.E.2d 55.) 1 After a 65-day trial, the circuit court of Cook County denied plaintiff's request for a permanent injunction and dissolved an existing preliminary injunction, holding the Paris operations breached the franchise agreement by failing to adhere to McDonald's quality, service, and cleanliness standards (QSC). The trial court issued a 114-page memorandum opinion setting forth its findings of fact and conclusions of law and a three-page judgment order terminating plaintiff's franchise to operate McDonald's restaurants in and around Paris. Under the order, plaintiff Dayan retains all of his restaurants and is allowed to compete with McDonald's. However, he is prohibited from using McDonald's trademarks or representing the Paris restaurants as being, in any way, affiliated with the McDonald's system. On appeal Dayan raises the following issues for review: (1) whether the trial court erred in making certain evidentiary rulings; (2) whether the trial court applied an erroneous legal standard in determining whether McDonald's acted in good faith in terminating Dayan's franchise; and (3) whether certain findings of fact were against the manifest weight of the evidence. 2