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JIMENEZ v. BP OIL, INC.

Nos. 87-3843(L), 87-3854 and 87-3855.

853 F.2d 268 (1988)

Francisco S. JIMENEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BP OIL, INC., Defendant-Appellant. James PALMER; Torsak Rossaki; French Ray; Leon Uzarowski; Anton A. Bond; Farzin Afsahi; Ojan Fakhriyazdi; Firouz Rezazedeh; Sam Akindura; Edward Parlier; Luiz Azucena; Lal Ith Gnanasiri; Yoav Portnoy; Boo H. Chung; Jeffrey H. Kormann, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BP Oil, Inc., Defendant-Appellant. Carlos HORCASITAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BP OIL, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Henry Lewin, Jr. (Arthur W. Machen, Jr., Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Harry Carl Storm (Abrams, West & Storm, P.C., Bethesda, Md., on brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WIDENER, and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation only.

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the nonrenewal of a petroleum retailing franchise. The district court, 652 F.Supp. 329 (D.Md.1987), ruled that defendant BP Oil Company (BP) was liable to its franchisee-retailer, Francisco Jimenez, for goodwill payments, construing the nonrenewal as a "termination" under the Maryland Gasohol and Gasoline Products Marketing Act ("the Act" or "the Maryland Act"), Md. Comm. Law Code Ann...

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