No grantor, directly or through any officer, agent or employee, may terminate, cancel, fail to renew or substantially change the competitive circumstances of a dealership agreement without good cause. The burden of proving good cause is on the grantor.
Wis. Stat. § 135.03
Cancellation and alteration of dealerships
Known as the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law
The act spans §§ 135–135 (11 sections).
Applied in 52 court decisions — leading case Jack Walters & Sons Corp. v. Morton Building, Inc. (1984)
Most recently applied in Tri-State Bobcat, Inc. v. Finn Corp. (September 2018)
1973 c. 179; 1977 c. 171
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.