Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Razumic

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that franchisors have a duty to act in good faith and with commercial reasonableness when terminating franchise agreements
• concluding that “dealer lease” for gas station and course of conduct constituted franchise arrangement
• referring to § 231 of Restatement (Second) of Contracts Tent. Draft No. 5 1970 now § 205
• basing decision that franchisor cannot arbitrarily terminate relationship on franchisor’s “obligation to deal with its franchisees in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner”
• finding implicit in a franchise contract for a term of years the “reasonable expectation,” under “principles of good faith and commercial reasonableness,” that the supplier will not arbitrarily or summarily terminate the franchise agreement
• endorsing a draft comment from the Restatement (Second) of Contracts providing that “[t]he parties to an agreement know best what they meant, and their action under it is often the strongest evidence of their meaning”

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Cited by

132 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Crim Truck & Tractor Co. v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-01-22· cited 511×
• Dayan v. McDonald's Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-04-16· cited 186×
• LJL Transportation, Inc. v. Pilot Air Freight Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-01-22· cited 183×
• Creeger Brick & Building Supply Inc. v. Mid-State Bank & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-15· cited 158×
• Zapatha v. Dairy Mart, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-08-05· cited 135×
• In Re Pch Associates, F/k/a Simon Associates, Debtor. Liona Corporation, N v. V. Pch Associates
  Second Circuit· 1986-10-27· cited 125×
• George Arnott v. The American Oil Company, a Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1979-11-29· cited 110×
• Witmer v. Exxon Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-09-24· cited 107×
• Corenswet, Inc. v. Amana Refrigeration, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-04-30· cited 101×
• Commonwealth v. UPMC, Appeal of: UPMC
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-30· cited 88×
• Storm v. Golden
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-22· cited 86×
• Burger King Corp. v. Agad
  S.D. Florida· 1995-09-29· cited 86×
• Baker v. Lafayette College
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-01-28· cited 77×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1998-04-10· cited 72×
• Flight Systems, Inc. v. Electronic Data Systems Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1997-04-29· cited 63×
• Schwab v. Pennsummit Tubular, LLC (In Re Old Summit Manufacturing, LLC)
  Third Circuit· 2008-04-14· cited 61×
• Keffer v. Bob Nolan's Auto Service, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-11-26· cited 61×
• J.W.S. Delavau, Inc. v. Eastern America Transport & Warehousing, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-30· cited 57×
• Zaloga v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. of America
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2009-11-24· cited 49×
• Central Dauphin School District v. American Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-04· cited 48×

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 530×
• Buchanan v. Brentwood Federal Savings & Loan Assoc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-04-23· cited 179×
• Bernard Susser v. Carvel Corporation, Carvel Dari-Freeze Stores, Inc., Carvel Stores Realty Corporation, and Eight Other Cases
  Second Circuit· 1964-05-08· cited 131×
• Shell Oil Co. v. Marinello
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1973-07-11· cited 128×
• Francioni v. Gibsonia Truck Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-28· cited 119×
• Piercing Pagoda, Inc. v. Hoffner
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 104×
• Yohe v. Yohe
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 66×
• Weight Watchers of Quebec Ltd. v. Weight Watchers International, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1975-03-27· cited 63×
• Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Donahue
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1976-03-30· cited 59×
• Shehadi v. Northeastern Nat. Bank of Pa.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 45×
• Susser v. Carvel Corporation
  S.D. New York· 1962-06-07· cited 44×
• H & R BLOCK, INC. v. Lovelace
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1972-01-22· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Hart
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-06-02· cited 42×
• Smith v. Standard Steel Car Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1919-01-04· cited 28×
• Sterle v. Galiardi Coal & Coke Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-01-12· cited 25×
• F. W. Wise Co. v. Beech Creek Railroad
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-03-20· cited 25×
• Jordan v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-01-04· cited 23×
• Highland Tank & Manufacturing Co. v. Duerr
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-09-27· cited 21×
• Seegmiller v. Western Men, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1968-02-21· cited 19×
• Weilersbacher v. Pittsburgh Brewing Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-04-19· cited 19×

Other cases named Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Razumic

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Razumic
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-06-10
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Razumic
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-06-10