Schlotzsky's, Inc. v. Hyde

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that a franchisor can set forth specific and detailed standards in order to protect its trade name without being deemed to retain day-to-day supervisory control of its franchisee’s business operations
• explaining that franchisee was not an agent and franchisor was not liable for acts of franchisee in absence of agreement to be liable even though franchisor may set detailed and strict standards for its product
• franchisor’s right to inspect or evaluate franchisee’s compliance with standards and to debrand for noncompliance is not evidence of day-to-day control

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).