Brownstein v. Arco Petroleum Products Co.

MEMORANDUM

DITTER, District Judge.

On October 18, 1984, I granted plaintiff Irwin Brownstein’s motion for a preliminary injunction pursuant to section 105 of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2805 (1982), against defendant Arco Petroleum Products Co. (Arco). I now supplement the findings and conclusions I then made as the bases for that relief.

The operative facts are mostly undisputed. On September 23, 1981, the parties entered into a franchise arrangement consisting of a lease and an allied products-marketing contract covering a service station at Roosevelt Boulevard and Rhawn…