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MAY-SOM GULF, INC. v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC.

No. 87-4085.

869 F.2d 917 (1989)

MAY-SOM GULF, INC., Al and Jerry's Service Center, Inc.; Yaron Anitai d/b/a Quality Gulf; William J. Hewitt d/b/a Warren-Munn Gulf; Cedar Green Gulf Service Center, Inc.; Mary M. D'Andrea d/b/a Ledgewood Gulf; Richard G. Ellis d/b/a Ellis Gulf Service; John Divincenzo d/b/a Warrensville Gulf; Bill Vanhoose d/b/a Bill's Gulf; Slane & Johnson, Inc.; D.A. Moyer, Inc. d/b/a Reynoldsburg Gulf; and Robert H. Headman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC. and Cumberland Farms, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn D. Waggoner (argued), Donahue & Scanlon, Cleveland, Ohio, James A. Meaney, Crabbe, Brown, Jones, Potts & Schmidt, Columbus, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William H. Wallace, Keith L. Carson, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, Joseph J. Dehner, Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati, Ohio, E. Timothy Columbus, James R. Loftis, I, John B. Williams, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, D.C., Maynard F. Thomson, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio, Robert P. Taylor (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before KEITH, JONES and MILBURN, Circuit Judges.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

In 1984, defendant Chevron U.S.A., Inc. ("Chevron") purchased Gulf Oil Corporation ("Gulf"). The acquired properties, including oil refineries, gasoline terminals, service stations and service station franchise agreements, retained the Gulf trademark. In 1986, Chevron sold its Ohio-based, Gulf marketing operations ("Ohio Gulf") to defendant Cumberland Farms, Inc. ("Cumberland"). Prior to the sale, the plaintiffs, twelve independent Ohio Gulf...

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