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ACKLEY v. GULF OIL CORP.

Civ. Nos. B-86-402 (EBB), B-87-370 (EBB) and B-87-716 (EBB).

726 F.Supp. 353 (1989)

Frank ACKLEY d/b/a Village Square Chevron, et al. v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Chevron U.S.A., Inc. and Cumberland Farms, Inc. ROBERT A. COHN/R.A.C. CAR SERVICE, INC. v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., and Cumberland Farms, Inc.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

May 5, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Farrell, Carl T. Holt, John J. LaCava, Albert J. Barr, Tara Reilly, Farrell & Barr, Stamford, Conn., for plaintiffs.

Francis J. Sailer, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Washington, D.C., Bruce W. McDiarmid, Robert P. Taylor, W. Jeffry Schmidt, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., pro hac vice for Gulf Oil Corp., and Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Paul D. Sanson, James B. Pomeroy, Shipman & Goodwin, Mark P. Anderson, Hartford, Conn., for Cumberland Farms.

Richard M. Reynolds, Scott P. Moser, Day, Berry & Howard, James Sicilian, Steven M. Greenspan, Hartford, Conn., for Gulf Oil & Chevron.

Michael D. Sherman, Gerard P. Fox, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, D.C., pro hac vice.

Mark G. Howard, Associate Gen. Counsel, Cumberland Farms, Inc., Canton, Mass., pro hac vice for Cumberland Farms, Inc.

James Ziogas, Jr., Ruggiero, Ziogas & Allaire, Bristol, Conn., for Williamson Auto Electric.

RULING ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ELLEN B. BURNS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, seventeen Gulf Service station dealers, bring these actions challenging the transfer of their service station franchises from Chevron to Cumberland Farms. In their complaints in the three above-captioned consolidated cases, plaintiffs allege violations of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act ("PMPA"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 2801-2806, the Connecticut Petroleum Franchise...

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