Legal Opinion
Marathon Petroleum Co. v. Chronister Oil Co.
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided June 8, 1988No. 87-3234PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:
Ex turpi contractu actio non oritur.
A contract founded upon an illegal consideration cannot be enforced.
Marathon Petroleum Company filed this diversity action under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 seeking monetary and injunctive relief against Chronister Oil Company and its proprietors, Grady and Linda Chronister, as a result of their retail sale of gasoline allegedly prohibited by a noncompetition agreement.
In accordance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 52, the Court on July 9, 1987, denied Marathon’s application for a preliminary injunction for failure to establish a reasonable…
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