Legal Opinion
Call Carl, Inc. v. BP Oil Corporation
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 22, 1975No. Civ. 73-1059-YPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.
The plaintiffs in this action are individuals and corporations acting as independent service station operators under one-year franchise agreements with BP Oil Corporation [BP]. The defendants are Standard Oil of Ohio [SOHIO], a major marketer and refiner of gasoline, and its wholly owned subsidiary, BP.
The case went to trial on all issues, and on May 2, 1975, the jury returned a verdict in favor of all plaintiffs and against both defendants in the total amount of $1,265,000 under Count IV of the complaint.
At trial, the defendants moved for a directed verdict on…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. Colgate & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- United States v. Topco Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Call Carl, Inc. v. BP Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Harvey v. Fearless Farris Wholesale, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Aaron E. Levine & Co., Inc. v. Calkraft Paper Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1976
- DuPont Glore Forgan Inc. v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1977
- Joe Westbrook, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1976
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