Bsales v. Texaco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 2801 (Petroleum Marketing Pract) · 15 U.S.C. § 2802
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Aldinger v. Howard · Ely v. Hall's Motor Transit Co. · In Re the Estate of Hoffman · 24 N.J. Super. 151 - Korb v. Spray Beach Hotel Co.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he legislative history of the PMPA indicates that in an extraordinary situation, a landlord of premises used in a franchise operation may owe certain duties to the franchisee, even though the landlord is not a franchisor.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f the landlord and the franchisor enter into a lease which is not the product of arm’s length negotiations and that lease expires and is not renewed, then the franchisee may have a cause of action [under PMPA] against both the franchisor and the landlord. Similarly, the absence of an arm’s length relationship between the franchisor and the landlord at the time that an option to renew a lease is under consideration might give the franchisee rights against both parties, if the option is not exercised.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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