Al's Service Center, Inc. [II] v. BP Products North America, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46112 (N.D. Ill. 6-1-2009)

Summary judgment granted to defendant BP due to plaintiffs' failure to prove that the franchise in question had been terminated. Although a notice of termination was sent at one point, and the underlying lease expired at another, the termination notice was rescinded and the plaintiffs were allowed to continue doing business at the site until such time as plaintiffs eventually vacated the premises of their own volition. Accordingly, plaintiffs failed to meet their burden of showing that BP terminated the franchise.