William MARINIELLO t/a J & B Shell Station, Inc., Appellant,
v.
SHELL OIL COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware, authorized to transact business in the State of New Jersey,
Frank Marinello and Jerry Ferrara, Defendants on Counterclaim,
James E. Gerlock et al., Defendants on Counterclaim of Frank Marinello.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 12, 1974.
Decided February 14, 1975.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph R. Mariniello, Fort Lee, N. J., on the brief, Fierro, Fierro & Mariniello, Fort Lee, N. J., for appellant.
William Simon, Michael W. Graney, Michael M. Levy, Richard G. White, Howrey, Simon, Baker & Murchison, Washington, D. C., Andrew S. Polito, Michael D. Loprete, Mattson, Madden, Polito & Loprete, Newark, N. J., for appellee.
Lewis G. Rudnick, Jerome L. Fels, Allen J. Ginsburg, Rudnick, Wolfe, Snyderman & Foreman, Chicago, Ill., Philip F. Zeidman, Arthur I. Cantor, Robert G. Heiss, Brownstein, Zeidman, Schomer & Chase, Washington, D. C., Jerome Gilson, Hume, Clement, Brinks, Willian, Olds & Cook Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for International Franchise Association, amicus curiae.
Jerry S. Cohen, Herbert E. Milstein, Michael D. Hausfeld, Washington, D. C., for National Congress of Petroleum Retailers, amicus curiae.
Before KALODNER, ALDISERT and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
The issue for resolution in this case is whether the decision of the New Jersey Supreme Court in Shell Oil Co. v. Marinello,1 which the plaintiff seeks to apply here, is violative of the United States Constitution. The district court determined that the New Jersey decision, which protected franchisees from termination without cause, subverted...
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