Mac's Shell Service, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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19 federal appellate · 16 district · 8 state decisions

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1. “In enacting the PMPA, Congress did not regulate every aspect of the petroleum franchise relationship but instead federalized only the two parts of that relationship with which it was most concerned: the circumstances in which franchisors may terminate a franchise or decline to renew a franchise relationship. Congress left undisturbed state-law regulation of other types of disputes between petroleum franchisors and franchisees.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Santiago-Sepúlveda v. Esso Standard Oil Co.

2. “the [PMPA] prohibits only unlawful fail[ures] to renew a franchise relationship, not renewals of a franchise relationship on terms that are less than favorable to the franchisee. A franchisee that signs a renewal agreement, in short, cannot carry the threshold burden of showing a nonrenewal of the franchise relationship ... and thus necessarily cannot establish that the franchisor has violated the Act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 384 F. Supp. 3d 179 - Hopkinton Friendly Serv., Inc. v. Global Cos.

3. “the respective motor fuel marketing or distribution obligations and responsibilities of a franchisor and a franchisee which result from the marketing of motor fuel under a franchise.” Id. § 2801(2). 5 . In full, the Act defines a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jimico Enterprises, Inc. v. Lehigh Gas Corp.