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MAC'S SHELL SERVICE v. SHELL OIL PRODUCTS

No. 08-240.

130 S.Ct. 1251 (2010)

559 U.S. 175

MAC'S SHELL SERVICE, INC., et al. v. SHELL OIL PRODUCTS CO. LLC, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Lamken, for Petitioners in No. 08-372.

David O'Neil, for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting Shell Oil Products Company, LLC.

John F. Farraher, Jr., for the Petitioner in No. 08-240.

Paul D. Sanson, Vaughan Finn, Karen T. Staib, Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Hartford, CT, James Cowan, Senior Counsel, Houston, TX, Jeffrey A. Lamken, Robert K. Kry, MoloLamken LLP, Washington, D.C., Macey Reasoner Stokes, David M. Rodi, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, TX, Counsel for Shell Oil Products Company LLC, et al., Motiva Enterprises LLC, and Shell Oil Company.

John F. Farraher, Jr., Gary R. Greenberg, Louis J. Scerra, Justin F. Keith, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Boston, MA, Mark E. Solomons, Laura Metcoff Klaus, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Washington, DC, Counsel for Mac's Shell Service, Inc., et al.

Justice ALITO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA or Act), 92 Stat. 322, 15 U.S.C. § 2801 et seq., limits the circumstances in which petroleum franchisors may "terminate" a franchise or "fail to renew" a franchise relationship. § 2802. In these consolidated cases, service-station franchisees brought suit under the Act, alleging that a franchisor had constructively "terminate[d]" their franchises and had...

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