Legal Opinion
Richard Short Oil Co., Inc. v. Texaco, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 25, 1986No. 85-1665PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSON, Senior District Judge.
Short Oil appeals the decision of the district court, asserting that it erred in granting Texaco’s motion for summary judgment as to Short’s claim that Texaco unreasonably withheld its consent for Short to assign its distributor’s contract, and the district court’s granting of Texaco’s motion for a directed verdict for the two remaining counts of breach of contract and violation of the Robinson-Patman Act.
I. BACKGROUND.
Between May of 1980 and December of 1982 Short Oil was a distributor of petroleum products sold by Texaco. As a wholesale distributor, Short was…
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