Legal Opinion
Unified Dealer Group v. Tosco Corp.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided September 11, 1998No. C 98-00179 CRBPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BREYER, District Judge.
The lawsuit presents an issue of first impression: whether the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (“PMPA”) permits a franchisor to condition renewal of a motor fuel franchise upon a change in the franchise trademark. Currently pending before the Court is the motion of defendants Tosco Corporation and Tosco Northwest Company (“Tosco”) for summary judgment on plaintiffs’ complaint. After carefully considering the papers submitted by the parties, including their supplemental memoranda, and having had the benefit of oral argument on June 11, 1998 and…
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