Legal Opinion
Rick-Mik Enterprises, Inc. v. Equilon Enterprises, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 11, 2008No. 06-55937PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAMUEL P. KING, District Judge:
Equilon Enterprises, LLC (“Equilon”) does business as Shell Oil Products. Equi-lon’s standard franchise agreement requires its franchisees, Shell and Texaco gasoline stations, to use Equilon to process credit-card transactions. In addition to payment for sales of petroleum products, Equilon allegedly gets (1) transaction fees associated with the processing, or (2) some kind of unspecified “kickback” from unidentified banks that process the transactions, or both. Rick-Mik Enterprises, Inc., Mike M. Madani, and Alfred Buc-zkowski (collectively “Rick-Mik”) are…
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