Opinion ID: 8103
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: effective date of termination

Text: The defendants assert that the Mississippi Franchise Act entitles them to 90 days advance notice of termination. A 90 day delay would not terminate the Agreement until June 13, 1993. Unfortunately, McDonald's correctly points out that the defendants' did not present these arguments to the district court. The Agreement expressly provided that Illinois law would be used to construe the contract. When the district court ruled that Illinois law governed the case, the defendants simply acquiesced in the holding. Therefore, because this issue was not properly preserved for appeal, and because no miscarriage of justice will occur with our refusal to consider it, we will not address this issue. See, e.g., Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 225 (5th Cir.1993); and In re Goff, 812 F.2d 931, 933 (5th Cir.1987).