Legal Opinion
Prakash H. Patel Shobha P. Patel, H/w v. Sun Company, Inc. Lancaster Associates
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 10, 1998No. 96-2123PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, * Chief Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Prakash H. Patel and Shobha P. Patel appeal from an order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Sun Company, Inc. (“Sun”) in a ease brought under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2801 et seq. (“PMPA” or “Act”). This litigation has been ongoing since 1988, and the case has been here before, see Patel v. Sun Co., Inc., 63 F.3d 248, 252 (3d Cir.1995) {“Patel V”). The gravamen of the Patels’ complaint, then and now, is that Sun has made an “end run” around a provision of the PMPA that…
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