I. State Relationship Laws
A. Extraterritoriality
1. Morley-Murphy Co. v. Zenith Electronics Corp., 142 F.3d 373 (7th Cir. 1998)
a. Dealer with a multi-state territory including Wisconsin sought protection under the WFDL from the supplier’s termination of the dealership.
b. Seventh Circuit held that under the WFDL, a plaintiff with a multi-state territory could not recover damages attributable to the termination outside Wisconsin because:
i. the WFDL was not intended to apply to those portions of a dealer’s territory outside of the state and
ii. If it was, that would raise Commerce Clause questions as to the constitutional viability of the statute.