Legal Opinion
James C. O'Byrne v. Cheker Oil Company and Marathon Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 9, 1984No. 83-1412, 83-1910PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
This lawsuit originated in March 1976 when five Illinois Cheker gasoline service station operators filed suit against Cheker and Marathon oil companies alleging that they conspired to drive plaintiffs out of business and that Cheker sought to impose a price squeeze on plaintiffs by charging them excessive wholesale prices while simultaneously increasing their costs of operation. In June 1976, we upheld the district court’s refusal to issue a preliminary injunction prohibiting Cheker from terminating plaintiff Sam Mangialardi’s gasoline service station lease which had…
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