Legal Opinion

Call Carl, Inc. v. BP Oil Corporation

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided February 10, 1975No. Civ. 73-1059-YPublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.

This action was instituted by individuals and corporations acting as franchised gas station dealers for the BP Oil Corporation. The defendants are Standard Oil of Ohio (SOHIÓ), an Ohio corporation which is a refiner and marketer of gasoline, and its wholly owned subsidiary, British Petroleum Oil Corporation (BP), a Delaware corporation engaged in the same business.

The plaintiffs have advanced five theories for relief. The first count alleges that the defendants BP and SOHIO violated sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2 (1970), by conspiring…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Goldlawr, Inc. v. HeimanSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. Cannon Manufacturing Co. v. Cudahy Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. United States v. Scophony Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Wells Fargo & Co. v. Wells Fargo Express Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
  2. Piedmont Label Company v. Sun Garden Packing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
  3. Bartholomew v. Virginia Chiropractors Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
  4. Mylan Laboratories, Inc. v. Akzo, N.V.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
  5. Call Carl, Inc. v. BP Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977

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