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- Title: May-Som Gulf Inc. v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 09, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
Description
In 1984, defendant Chevron U.S.A., Inc. ("Chevron") purchased Gulf Oil Corporation ("Gulf"). The acquired properties, including oil refineries, gasoline terminals, service stations and service station franchise agreements, retained the Gulf trademark. In 1986, Chevron sold its Ohio-based, Gulf marketing operations ("Ohio Gulf") to defendant Cumberland Farms, Inc. ("Cumberland"). Prior to the sale, the plaintiffs, twelve independent Ohio Gulf service station dealers, maintained franchise agreements with Chevron to sell motor fuel under the Gulf trademark. The plaintiffs brought this civil action complaining that Chevrons sale of Ohio Gulf to Cumberland constructively terminated their franchises in violation of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act ("PMPA"), 15 U.S.C. §Â§ 2801-2806. The plaintiffs also asserted state law claims for breach of contract and tortious interference with contract. The district court granted the defendants motions for summary judgment and dismissed the plaintiffs case. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.