Legal Opinion
Mac's Shell Service, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 2, 2010No. 08-240PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
The Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA or Act), 92 Stat. 322,15 U. S. C. § 2801 et seq., limits the circumstances in which petroleum franchisors may “terminate” a franchise or “fail to renew” a franchise relationship. §2802. In these consolidated cases, service-station franchisees brought suit under the Act, alleging that a franchisor had constructively “terminate!)!]” their franchises and had constructively “fail[ed] to renew” their franchise relationships. They asserted these claims even though the conduct of which they complained had not compelled any of them to abandon their…
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