California Court of Appeal

A plaintiff who stated that he did not look at the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular "that well" but merely that he "probably looked at it," never relied on any documents which were provided to him or filed with the Commissioner of Corporations, and thus the four-year limitations period in the Franchise Investment Law, Corporations Code, section 31303, which governs liability premised on misleading staements in franchise documents, was unavailable to plaintiff.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/28/2002
• Published 01/28/2002

Judges

•  TURNER, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Terrence A. Beard, Antioch, for Interveners and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Law Office of Robert A. Huddleston and Robert A. Huddleston, Walnut Creek, for Defendant and Appellant., Hogan & Hartson, Edward C. Duckers and Christopher L. Killion, Irvine;  Craig Whitney, Torrance, for Defendant and Respondent Mobil Oil Corporation., Barry R. Schlom, Beverly Hills, for Defendants and Respondents SpeeDee Oil Change Systems, Inc., NoCal, Inc., Gary L. Copp, and Kevin M. Bennett., Law Office of Robert A. Huddleston and Robert A. Huddleston, Walnut Creek, for Defendants and Respondents CalNeva Oil Corporation, James Philpot, W. James Musser and Richard Philpot.