Arguello v. Conoco, Inc.

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• holding that the right to impose standards of operation and to de-brand local stores was insufficient to establish agency relationship because the purported principal was not in control of the store’s daily operations
• reasoning that the “plain language” of contracts between an energy company and its individual gas stations specified that each station was an “independent business” and therefore foreclosed an agency relationship
• discussing general agency principles in the context of a section 1981 claim and reversing summary judgment on scope of employment
• finding lack of day-to-day control by franchisor of franchisee’s opera- tions and hiring decisions precluded agency finding for al- leged customer-service-based harms

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