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VERACKA v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. 80-1849.

655 F.2d 445 (1981)

George A. VERACKA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Sokoloff, Maynard, Mass., with whom Marguerite Seghorn and Sokoloff & Burford, P.C., Maynard, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.

Steven A. Remsberg, Boston, Mass., with whom Herman Snyder and Snyder, Tepper & Berlin, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

This case involves Shell Oil Company, an oil company franchisor (the appellee); George Veracka, a gasoline station owner franchisee (the appellant); and Edwin and Helen Gately, who leased to Shell the land which the gasoline station occupies. It raises the question of whether Shell violated the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (the Act), 15 U.S.C. §§ 2801-2841, when it terminated its lease with the Gatelys and then failed to renew...

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