Legal Opinion
Unocal Corp. v. Kaabipour
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1999No. Nos. 97-56324, 98-56216, 98-56631 and 98-56365PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:
These cases arise out of the withdrawal of Union Oil Company from the retail marketing of motor fuel in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. In so doing, Union Oil sold all of its marketing assets to Tosco Corporation. A number of former Union Oil franchisees objected to the sale on various grounds. The district court ruled against all of them and these appeals ensued.
One group, the Kaabipour Group,1 asserts that the district court erred when it declared that the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2801-06, *759preem…
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