Legal Opinion
Santiago-Sepúlveda v. Esso Standard Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 26, 2011No. 09-2312, 09-2313, 09-2330PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, who operated gas stations as franchisees of Esso Standard Oil Co. (“Esso”) in Puerto Rico, sued Esso for alleged violations of Title I of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (“PMPA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 2801-2807 (2006 & Supp. III 2010). The magistrate judge, who presided at trial with the parties’ consent, see 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1) (2006), denied plaintiffs’ request for injunctive relief and damages, and plaintiffs now appeal. The facts are largely undisputed.
Esso operated as a supplier of gasoline in Puerto Rico for over one hundred years; as of 2008, 161…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Beddall v. State Street Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
- Juan Rivera-Muriente v. Juan Agosto-AliceaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Monroig-ZayasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- McCrillis v. Autoridad de las Navieras de Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1989
- Garcia-Rubiera v. CalderonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
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