Legal Opinion

Bogosian v. Gulf Oil Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided July 21, 1977No. Nos. 75-1666, 75-1833, 75-1667 and 75-1834PublishedCited by 548 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

In separate lawsuits, two independent service station dealers, Bogosian and Parisi, sued their respective lessors, Gulf and Exxon, alleging that the lease contracts imposed a tie-in in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act. Each plaintiff also joined as party defendants fourteen other major oil companies whom they alleged, together with Gulf and Exxon, engaged in what they now argue was concerted action to unlawfully tie the leasing and subleasing of gas station sites to the purchase of gasoline supplied by each dealer’s -lessor. More specifically,…

2Cases cited63 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940

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3Cited by548 opinions

  1. In Re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
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  3. In Re Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
  4. In re Japanese Electronic Products Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
  5. In Re Scrap Metal Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008

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