FARM STORES, INC. v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 84-5070.

763 F.2d 1335 (1985)

FARM STORES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TEXACO, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce C. Bailey, Houston, Tex., Smathers & Thompson, David Batchelor, Miami, Fla., G. Kenneth Handley, White Plains, N.Y., for defendant-appellant.

Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Strickroot, P.A., Curtis Carlson, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.


JOHN R. BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge:

I. Nature of the Action

Farm Stores, Inc. instituted this action against Texaco, Inc. alleging that Texaco's failure to renew a contract between the parties violated the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA), 15 U.S.C. § 2801, et seq. Farm Stores claimed that its relationship with Texaco constituted a franchise, thereby bringing the parties' contract under the protection of the PMPA. Specifically...

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