AM/PM Franchise Ass'n v. Atlantic Richfield Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

Before us is an appeal by members of a franchisee association from an order of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at No. 01958 Philadelphia 1987, issued April 14, 1988, affirming the order of the Court of Common Pleas at No. 157 November Term 1986, dated June 16, 1987, sustaining defendant’s preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer and dismissing the action.

We granted allocatur to determine whether the named appellants (“plaintiffs”) have alleged sufficient facts to sustain a cause of action when they aver that the gasoline they purchased from the…