Franchising : The French Supreme Court holds that a franchising contract is an intuitu personae contract in favor of the franchisee (Diapar / Prodim - Lesage / Casino)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Cass. com, 3 June 2008, Lesage v. Distribution Casino France, appeal no. 06-18.007 Facts A franchisee had prematurely terminated its franchise agreement with a grocery store chain and affiliated with a competing chain. The former franchisor had then assigned the franchisee and had obtained an injunction for the franchisee to file its new sign and to continue the contractual relationship until the end of the contract. Shortly afterwards the former franchisor had transferred its business, including the franchisor's business and related contracts, to two companies by way of a partial contribution of assets under the demerger regime. The latter had then