HUTCHENS v. ELI ROBERTS OIL CO.

No. 86-3846.

838 F.2d 1138 (1988)

Robert HUTCHENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ELI ROBERTS OIL COMPANY and American Petrofina Marketing, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Busch, Tallahassee, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gary P. Sams, Hopping, Boyd, Green & Sams, Elizabeth C. Bowman, Tallahassee, Fla., for American Petrofina.

Robert McDonald, Roberts, Baggett, LaFace & Richard, Tallahassee, Fla., for Eli Roberts Oil Co.

Before VANCE and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and O'KELLEY, District Judge.


VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Robert Hutchens appeals from the district court's judgment for the defendants in his action under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA), 15 U.S.C. §§ 2801-2841. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I.

In 1973 defendant American Petrofina Marketing, Inc. (now Fina Oil & Chemical Co., hereafter Fina) bought a service station located at 2910 Mahan Drive in Tallahassee, Florida. Fina frequently leases...

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