Kehm Oil Co. v. Texaco, Inc., 07-1650
In a suit alleging violations of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA) by a franchisor who terminated a franchise agreement, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part and vacated in part where: 1) the PMPA claim was time-barred as plaintiff did not have a "franchise relationship" with defendant after 1987; 2) a remand was necessary to determine whether plaintiff's state-law claims were preempted by the PMPA; and 3) additional defendants were properly dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction.
Appellate Information
- Argued 03/13/2008
- Decided 07/31/2008
- Published 07/31/2008
Judges
- Before: FUENTES, CHAGARES, and VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Third Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Thomas J. Farnan (Argued), Robb, Leonard & Mulvihill, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Samuel E. Stubbs (Argued), David M. Goldberg, Matthew E. Coveler, Esq., Jennifer B. Hogan, Esq., Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw & Pittman, Houston, TX, Eric L. Horne, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellees.