DERSCH ENERGIES, INC. v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. 01-2495.

314 F.3d 846 (2002)

DERSCH ENERGIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY and Equilon Enterprises, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Taylor (argued), Taylor & Powell, Alexandria, VA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William J. Becker, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Edwardsville, IL, Douglas C. Crone (argued), Tribler, Orpett & Crone, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and MANION, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Dersch Energies, Inc. purchases Shell Oil Company products and resells them to retail distributors. In December 1997, Dersch began negotiating with Shell the renewal of their franchise relationship, which was set to expire in the fall of 1998. Throughout the negotiation process, Dersch expressed concerns to Shell about several contract provisions that it deemed objectionable. After ten months of negotiations, Shell (now operating as Equilon...

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