Legal Opinion
Charles J. Portaluppi v. Shell Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 9, 1989No. 88-2528PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:
The litigation underlying this appeal arose out of the cancellation of Charles J. Portaluppi’s franchise to operate a Shell Oil Company gasoline station in Woodbridge, Virginia, after Portaluppi pled guilty in July 1987 to a criminal charge of possession of cocaine and marijuana in a Virginia state court. Shell notified him of the cancellation, indicating that the conviction was for a crime involving moral turpitude and was a “relevant event” included as grounds for termination both in the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (“PMPA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 2801-2841, and in the…
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- Jimenez v. BP Oil, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
- Portaluppi v. Shell Oil Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1988
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