Legal Opinion
Rao v. BP Products North America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 9, 2009No. 07-2065PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
After BP Products North America, Inc. (“BP”) determined that Salik Rao had secretly paid a BP manager to influence the award of operating agreements in Rao’s favor, BP told Rao it was terminating its franchise relationship with him at his two BP gas stations. Rao maintains that BP failed to give him timely notice of early termination as required by the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act. We conclude that BP acquired knowledge of Rao’s failure to comply with a franchise provision when Rao stopped cooperating with BP’s investigation, so the notice was timely. Rao had…
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