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WEBBER OIL CO. v. MURRAY

551 A.2d 1371 (1988)

WEBBER OIL COMPANY v. Robert MURRAY and Carolyn Murray.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edith A. Richardson (orally), Paul W. Chaiken, Dawn M. Pelletier, Rudman & Winchell, Bangor, for plaintiff.

Alfred C. Frawley (orally), Brann & Isaacson, Lewiston, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.

HORNBY, Justice.

This case requires us to determine whether the federal Petroleum Marketing Practices Act preempts Maine's Motor Fuel Distribution and Sales Act when it comes to a distributor's obligation to give written notice before terminating a franchise agreement. We conclude that in the context of this particular franchise agreement it does not. We also resolve a variety of other issues generated in the course of a...

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