Beck Oil Co. v. Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge: '

We deal here with the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act.

And the issues are raised by cross-motions for summary judgment.

I. FACTS

In early 1984, Texaco Inc. purchased Getty Oil Company which had marketed gasoline and other petroleum products under the “Getty” brand name. After the Getty acquisition, Texaco, Inc. reorganized its corporate structure. This resulted in the creation of Defendant Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc., (TRMI) as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Texaco Inc. to perform the refining and marketing operations associated with the Texaco…