The franchise agreement 7-Eleven Inc. enters with its franchisees does not create an employer-employee relationship, a federal judge held.In a written opinion last week, U.S. District Judge Mary M. Rowland dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing 7-Eleven of violating the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act.Plaintiff Niral Patel is trying to recharacterize the profit-sharing arrangement set out in 7-Eleven’s franchise agreement as an agreement to pay wages, Rowland wrote.But she rejected the argument that …