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MARATHON PETROLEUM CO. v. CHRONISTER OIL CO.

No. 87-3234.

687 F.Supp. 437 (1988)

MARATHON PETROLEUM CO., formerly known as Marathon Oil Company, an Ohio Corporation, Plaintiff, v. CHRONISTER OIL COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, Grady M. Chronister, and Linda K. Chronister, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

June 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Cunningham, William F. Trapp, Brown, Hay & Stephens, Springfield, Ill., for plaintiff.

James R. Potter, Craig A. Randle, Londrigan, Potter & Randle, P.C., Springfield, Ill., for defendants.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

Ex turpi contractu actio non oritur.

A contract founded upon an illegal consideration cannot be enforced.

Marathon Petroleum Company filed this diversity action under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 seeking monetary and injunctive relief against Chronister Oil Company and its proprietors, Grady and Linda Chronister, as a result of their retail sale of gasoline...

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