Legal Opinion
Perry Mullis, D/B/A Mullis Petroleum Co. v. Arco Petroleum Corporation and Atlantic Richfield Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 5, 1974No. 73-1625PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
The question presented by this appeal is whether either the Robinson-Patman Act 1 or § 2 of the Sherman Act 2 protects a local jobber from an otherwise lawful termination at a time when, because of the existence of an acute shortage, he cannot find another source of supply.
Plaintiff has been a distributor of petroleum products for defendant, ARCO, or its predecessor, Sinclair, in Lawrence County, Indiana, and its environs for the past 20 years. 3 Notwithstanding occasional threats by plaintiff to take his patronage elsewhere, and notwithstanding various disputes which…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Brown Shoe Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food MacHinery & Chemical Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Roland MacHinery Company v. Dresser Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Edward J. Sweeney & Sons, Inc., and Mission Gas Oil Company, Inc. And Petroleum Products Co. v. Texaco, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- The Domed Stadium Hotel, Inc., D/B/A Holiday Inn-Superdome v. Holiday Inns, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Charlotte Fusco and Daniel Boe v. Xerox CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Lektro-Vend Corp. v. Vendo Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
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