Frank Shop, Inc. v. Crown Central Petroleum Corp.

This is the second time this case has come before the Court. In Frank Shop, Inc. v. Crown Central Petroleum Corp., 261 Va. 169, 540 S.E.2d 897 (2001) (Frank Shop I), we reversed a judgment adverse to Frank Shop, Inc. (Frank Shop) and held that because Crown Central Petroleum Corporation (Crown) had failed to prove its entitlement to protection under the “grandfather clause” of the Virginia Petroleum Products Franchise Act, Code §§ 59.1-21.8 through -21.18:1 (the Act), it was in violation of the Act for operating a refinery-owned gasoline service station located less than one and one-half…