Legal Opinion
Forty-Niner Truck Plaza, Inc. v. Union Oil Co. of Cal.
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 22, 1997No. C021946PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DAVIS, J.
In the early 1990’s, defendant Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) decided to sell its nationwide network of truck stops (network) to defendant National Auto/Truckstops, Inc. (National). Invoking Business and Professions Code section 20999.25, subdivision (a) (hereafter, section 20999.25(a)), the two plaintiffs, Forty-Niner Truck Plaza, Inc., of Sacramento (Forty-Niner) and Mid California Auto/Truck Plaza, Inc. of Santa Nella (Mid-Cal; collectively, the plaintiffs), asked Unocal for the opportunity to buy their respective truck stops, which were part of the network.…
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