Brad Rhodes v. Amoco Oil Company

In enacting the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, Pub.L. No. 95-297, 92 Stat. 322 (1978) (codified as amended at 15 U.S.C. §§ 2801-2841) (hereinafter PMPA), “Congress did not intend to intrude courts into the marketplace.” Sandlin v. Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc., 900 F.2d 1479, 1481 (10th Cir.1990). Rather, Congress enacted the PMPA “to equalize the ... disparity in bargaining power” between gasoline station franchisors and franchisees. Doebereiner v. Sohio Oil Co., 880 F.2d 329, 331 (11th Cir.1989) (citing S.Rep. No. 95-731 (1978), reprinted in 1978 U.S.C.C.A.N. 873), amended on…