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DRAEGER OIL CO., INC. v. UNO-VEN CO.

No. 02-1977.

314 F.3d 299 (2002)

DRAEGER OIL COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. UNO-VEN COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 26, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ezra B. Jones, III (Argued), McGuire & Woods, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Susan G. Schellinger, Davis & Kuelthau, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellees Uno-Ven Co. and Midwest 76, Inc.

Scott C. Solberg (argued), Eimer Stahl, Klevorn &berg, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees VPHI Midwest, Inc., PDV Midwest Refining, L.L.C. and Union Oil Co. of California.

Before POSNER, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2801 et seq., is a federal statute for the protection of franchised dealers and distributors of gasoline and other petroleum projects. The ostensible theory of such statutes (ostensible because it is unclear why the intended beneficiaries could not obtain similar protection by contractual negotiation) is that a franchised dealer in effect invests in the franchisor's trademarks...

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