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CALL CARL, INC. v. BP OIL CORP.

Nos. 76-1345, 76-1346.

554 F.2d 623 (1977)

CALL CARL, INC., a Delaware Corporation, et al., Appellants, v. BP OIL CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, and Standard Oil Company (Ohio), an Ohio Corporation, Appellees. CALL CARL, INC., a Delaware Corporation, et al., Appellees, v. BP OIL CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, and Standard Oil Company (Ohio), an Ohio Corporation, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 26, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Henry Lewin, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (Benjamin R. Civiletti, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., on brief) for appellees in No. 76-1345 and for appellants in No. 76-1346.

Jerry S. Cohen, Washington, D. C. (Michael D. Hausfeld, Washington, D. C., William C. Sammons, Tydings & Rosenberg, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellants in No. 76-1345 and for appellees in No. 76-1346.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

In late summer of 1973, the plaintiffs, ten independent service station operators doing business in Maryland as BP dealers, were notified by BP that their leases and franchise agreements would not be renewed when their current terms expired. Business expectations frustrated, litigation was not far behind. The operators charged BP along with its parent corporation, Standard Oil Co. of Ohio (SOHIO), with terminating their franchises as part of...

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