Wallace Oil Co., Inc. v. Michaels

MEMORANDUM ORDER.

VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.

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This case involves questions concerning a clash between the right of a gasoline supplier to enforce exclusive purchase agreements with local stations and the right of a new gasoline station owner to change the station’s source of supply. It also raises issues concerning whether the logo of the old source must be removed before any differing gasoline is placed in a pump, and the consequences of any delay in changing the logo.

The litigation -arises from a shift in ownership and source of gasoline supply at a local gasoline service station…