Ackley v. Gulf Oil Corp., 266
| Decision Date | 27 November 1989 |
| Docket Number | D,No. 266,266 |
| Citation | 889 F.2d 1280 |
| Parties | Frank ACKLEY, d/b/a Village Square Chevron, Robert A. Blosio, d/b/a Long Ridge Chevron, Inc., James D. Chayka, d/b/a Home Gulf Service, Inc., Robert Cohn, d/b/a Fairport Gulf, Vincent Condito, d/b/a Vinny's Courtland Service, George S. Lombardo, Jr., d/b/a Avon Chevron Service, Inc., Paul A. Morello, Sr., d/b/a Morello's Gulf/Morello's Service Station, Douglas Schley, d/b/a Fairfield Gulf, John J. Todd III, d/b/a Danbury Gulf, Inc., George Williamson, d/b/a George Williamson Auto Electric, Inc., Thomas S. Zawatski, d/b/a Cos Cob Gulf, David Maguire, d/b/a Al & Bill's Gulf Service, Inc., Kenneth Cerritelli, d/b/a Cerritelli Chevron Service, Inc., Santo J. Ciarcia, d/b/a Glastonbury Chevron, Donald Haviland, d/b/a Chevron Car Wash of New Canaan and Frederick O'Neil, d/b/a Chevron Car Wash, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., and Cumberland Farms, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. ocket 89-7563. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit |
Richard W. Farrell, Stamford, Conn. (Farrell & Barr, Stamford, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.
Richard M. Reynolds, Hartford, Conn. (Scott P. Moser, James Sicilian, Steven M. Greenspan, Day, Berry & Howard, Hartford, Conn., and Robert P. Taylor, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for defendants-appellees Gulf Oil and Chevron.
Paul D. Sanson, Hartford, Conn. (James B. Pomeroy, Mark P. Anderson, Shipman & Goodwin, Hartford, Conn., and Mark G. Howard, Associate Gen. Counsel, Cumberland Farms, Inc., of counsel), for defendant-appellee Cumberland Farms.
Dimitri G. Daskalopoulos, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for amicus curiae Service Station Dealers of America.
Nathaniel J. Nazareth, North Kingstown, R.I. (Rogers & Nazareth, North Kingstown, R.I.), filed a brief for amicus curiae Connecticut-Rhode Island Gasoline Retailers & Garage Owners Ass'n, Inc.
Before MINER and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges, and LASKER, District Judge. *
Plaintiffs-appellants, fourteen Connecticut service station operators (hereafter the "Dealers"), appeal from a summary judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Burns, Ch.J.) in favor of defendants-appellees Gulf Oil Corporation, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., and Cumberland Farms, Inc. In three separate actions, later consolidated, the Dealers alleged claims grounded in violations of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. Secs. 2801-2841 (1982) (hereafter "PMPA"), and pendent state law claims. They challenge the transfer to Cumberland Farms of their franchise agreements with Chevron, arguing that the assignment was invalid under the PMPA and under Connecticut law. First, they argue that the assignment effected a termination of the franchises within the meaning of the PMPA, since it substantially altered the franchise relationship and was thus invalid under the Uniform Commercial Code, see Conn.Gen.Stat.Ann. Sec. 42a-2-210 (West 1960). Second, they contend that they are entitled to the...
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