Dollar Systems, Inc. v. Avcar Leasing Systems, Inc.

890 F.2d 165 DOLLAR SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff-Counterclaim-Defendant-Appellant, v. AVCAR LEASING SYSTEMS, INC.; William H. Schroff; William Smoot, Conrad Marshall; Ralph Apton, Defendants-Appellees, Avcar Leasing Systems, Inc., Counterclaim-Plaintiff-Appellee, Henry J. Caruso; E. Woody Francis, Counterclaim-Defendants-Appellants. No. 87-6422. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 12, 1989. Decided Nov. 13, 1989. Theodore F. Schwartz, Clayton, Mo., for plaintiff-counterclaim-defendant-appellant. David J. Butler, Brownstein, Zeidman, and Schomer, Washington, D.C., for defendants-counterclaim-plaintiffs-appellees. Ralph J. Apton, pro se. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before NORRIS, NOONAN and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. LEAVY, Circuit Judge: OVERVIEW 1 Dollar Systems, Inc. ("DSI") brought this action against Avcar Leasing Systems, Inc. ("Avcar") for breach of a franchise contract. Avcar counterclaimed for rescission and restitution under California Franchise Investment Law, Cal.Corp.Code Secs. 31101, 31110, and 31119 (West Supp.1989). Following a bench trial on the rescission counterclaim, the…