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· 1/4/1989

Byron C. Darling, III v. Mobil Oil Corporation

Citations

  • 864 F.2d 981
  • 103 A.L.R. Fed. 677
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 177
  • 1989 WL 433

How courts have described this case

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

  • employing objective standard when determining whether franchisee complied with “reasonable” franchise provision
  • “Congress rejected the former reasonableness test and inserted the current ‘good faith and normal course of business’ language in its place”
  • “its paramount objective is to redress disparities in bargaining power and to prevent the ensuing arbitrary termination.”
  • PMPA directed at \the Dav Goliath aspect of the relationship between the small retailer franchisee an petroleum company franchisor\

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Judges: Newman, Kearse, Cardamone

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