Legal Opinion
Al's Service Center v. Bp Products North America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 26, 2010No. 09-3006PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This suit under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2801 et seq., pits a defunct gas station in Oakbrook Terrace (a suburb of Chicago), called Al’s Service Center, against BP, the giant oil company. Al’s’ owner is a coplaintiff, but we need not discuss him separately.
The suit was filed almost seven years ago and has dragged on unconscionably as a result of confused lawyering and the Job-like patience of Judge Andersen, who presided over the case until almost the end, when it was reassigned to Judge Marovich, who administered the coup de grace.
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