Citgo Petroleum Corp. v. Ranger Enterprises, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.

For almost fifteen years, plaintiff Citgo Petroleum Corporation sold petroleum products to' defendant Ranger Enterprises, Inc. under a distributor franchise agreement. Under separate branding agreements, plaintiff Citgo paid the initial costs of “branding” each of 39 gas stations owned by defendant and provided branding incentives in the form of rebates on gallons of gas sold. The relationship started unraveling in 2005 and came to an end the following year.

In this lawsuit, plaintiff contends that defendant breached the parties’ franchise…