RWJ MANAGEMENT CO. v. BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA

No. 11-1268.

672 F.3d 476 (2012)

RWJ MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INCORPORATED, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA, INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene J. Schiltz (argued), Attorney, Coleman & Associates, James K. Borcia , David O. Yuen (argued), Attorneys, Tressler LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

David Micheal Harris (argued), Attorney, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of contentious commercial litigation between BP Products North America ("BP") and two owner-operators of BP-franchise gasoline and convenience stores in the greater Chicago area. Begun as two separate actions in Cook County Circuit Court, the cases were consolidated because they alleged identical claims under state franchise law stemming from BP's transition from company-owned stores to a franchise system. The litigation...

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