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MASSEY v. EXXON CORP.

No. 88-6335.

942 F.2d 340 (1991)

C.T. MASSEY d/b/a C.T. Massey Oil Company; B.W. Lyons Oil Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EXXON CORPORATION d/b/a Exxon Company, U.S.A., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart A. Handmaker (argued), Seiller & Handmaker, Louisville, Ky., Eugene Goss, Goss & Goss, Harlan, Ky., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert G. Abrams (argued), Gaspare J. Bono and Joseph P. Lavelle, briefed, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., Gregory L. Monge, Van Antwerp, Monge, Jones & Edwards, Ashland, Ky., for defendant-appellee.

Before GUY and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs C.T. Massey Oil Company and B.W. Lyons Oil Company appeal the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment for defendant, Exxon Corporation, and dismissing their claims for wrongful termination of a franchise brought pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 2801 et seq. Upon a review of the record, we affirm the ultimate holding, although we reject a portion of the district court's analysis.

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