Avramidis v. Atlantic Richfield Co.

ORDER ON PLAINTIFF VINCENT CUT-TONE’S MOTION TO COMPEL ANSWERS TO INTERROGATORIES BY SHELL OIL COMPANY

JOYCE LONDON ALEXANDER, United States Magistrate.

Plaintiffs, gasoline franchisees, brought this action against defendants, former and current franchisors, under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (“PMPA”). Plaintiff Vincent Cuttone’s instant motion to compel seeks responses to certain interrogatories, Numbers 1, 2, 8 and 10, propounded to defendant Shell Oil Company. The dispute here is twofold: 1) plaintiff and defendant disagree as to the scope of the relevant geographical market; and 2)…