Legal Opinion

Mobil Oil Corporation v. James Clark, D/B/A Jim's Service Center

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 24, 1981No. 80-1858PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Per curiam

Mobil Oil appeals from the order of the district court 496 F.Supp. 132 1 enjoining it from terminating the one-year trial franchise of service station operator James Clark. We affirm the granting of the injunction.

Clark completed Mobil Oil’s dealer training school in 1979 and thereafter entered into a trial franchise agreement with Mobil Oil on May 14, 1979. On February 7, 1980, Mobil notified Clark that his trial franchise would not be renewed. In an effort to comply with the provisions of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA), 15 U.S.C. § 2804(c)(3), which requires that the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Clark v. Mobil Oil Corp.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1980

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Ewing v. Amoco Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
  2. Leon G. Khorenian v. Union Oil Company of California, a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  3. Continental Enterprises, Inc. v. The American Oil Company and Amoco Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
  4. Taso P. Anthan v. Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, Affiliated With Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
  5. Luis Escobar D/B/A Tropical Service Center v. Mobil Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982

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