Patel v. Sun Refining and Marketing Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FULLAM, Chief Judge.

By Memorandum and Order dated October 14, 1988, I granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and dismissed this action. I concluded that no violation of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2801 et seq., had yet occurred, and that plaintiffs brought this litigation prematurely. In the Memorandum explaining that decision, I incorrectly suggested that an owner-franchisor could, in some circumstances, decline to renew a franchise (as distinguished from terminating an existing franchise) because the premises had been sold in good faith…