If any grantor violates this chapter, a dealer may bring an action against such grantor in any court of competent jurisdiction for damages sustained by the dealer as a consequence of the grantor’s violation, together with the actual costs of the action, including reasonable actual attorney fees, and the dealer also may be granted injunctive relief against unlawful termination, cancellation, nonrenewal or substantial change of competitive circumstances.
Wis. Stat. § 135.06
Action for damages and injunctive relief
Known as the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law
The act spans §§ 135–135 (11 sections).
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case 201 Wis. 2d 320 - Jungbluth v. Hometown, Inc. (1996)
Most recently applied in 381 Wis. 2d 732 - Winebow, Inc. v. Capitol-Husting Co., Inc. (June 2018)
1973 c. 179; 1993 a. 482
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.