Seaside Petroleum Co. v. Steve E. Rawl, Inc.

The majority finds that in this contract, “not only is there no obligation imposed upon Rawl to purchase all of its requirements of gasoline, but also there is no obligation imposed upon Rawl to buy even its Exxon requirements from Seaside,” citing Miami Butterine *343Co. v. Frankel, 190 Ga. 88, 94 (8 SE2d 398).

The contract in Miami Butterine Co. unlike the requirements contract in this case, is an “exclusive dealing” contract. Under OCGA § 11-2-306 (2), the buyer in an exclusive dealings contract promises to use best efforts to sell and distribute. Similarly, the buyer in a requirements contract…