BARNES v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 85-1851.

795 F.2d 358 (1986)

Evelyn L. BARNES, t/a Triangle Gulf, Appellant, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Anderson Oil Company, Inc., Vernon H. Anderson and Betty W. Anderson, Appellees. Service Station Dealers of America, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald M. Pearce (Richard M. Bing, Pearce & Bing, Richmond, Va., on brief) for appellant.

Robert S. Bassman (Douglas B. Mitchell, Bassman, Mitchell & Alfano, Washington, D.C., on brief) for appellees Anderson Oil Co., Inc., and Vernon H. and Betty W. Anderson.

R.S. Henderson (Waller T. Dudley, Boothe, Pritchard & Dudley, Alexandria, Va., on brief) for appellee Gulf Oil Corp.

Dimitri G. Daskal, on brief, for amicus curiae.

Before RUSSELL and HALL, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Evelyn L. Barnes appeals the judgment of the district court dismissing her complaint. Barnes alleges that Gulf Oil Corporation terminated her service station franchise by assigning Gulf's interest to Anderson Oil Co. and selling the premises to Vernon H. Anderson and Betty W. Anderson in violation of Title I of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2801-2806 (1982). The primary issue is whether the assignment...

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