Legal Opinion
Beach Robo, Inc. v. Crown Central Petroleum Corp.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 23, 1988No. Record 880047PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephenson, J.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit entered an order of certification requesting that we exercise our certification jurisdiction, Va. Const, art. VI, § 1; Rule 5:42, and answer three questions of law involving the interpretation and application of the Virginia Petroleum Product Franchise Act (the Act), Code §§ 59.1-21.8 through -21.18:1. By order entered January 27, 1988, we accepted the questions for consideration.
The Act, inter alia, prohibits a producer or refiner of petroleum products from operating a retail gasoline outlet within one and one-half miles of a retail…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ambrogi v. KoontzSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Harbor Cruises, Inc. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1976
3Cited by6 opinions
- Crown Central Petroleum Corp. v. HillSupreme Court of Virginia · 1997
- Penn v. Virginia International Terminals, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1993
- Frank Shop, Inc. v. Crown Central Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2001
- Lowe v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2000
- Beach Robo, Inc., Hilltop Shell, Inc., Intervening v. Crown Central Petroleum, IncCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
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