Fuel Supplier Cannot Terminate Franchise Agreement Over Alleged Price Gouging

Mealey's (July 16, 2018, 10:27 AM EDT) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on July 10 granted a gasoline supply station’s motion for a preliminary injunction that precludes its fuel supplier from ending a franchise agreement over complaints that the station charged $5.99 for a gallon of gasoline because the supplier is required under the agreement to rebrand the station if it cannot use a particular brand of fuel (LLB Convenience & Gas Inc. v. Southeast Petro Distributors Inc., No. 18-cv-914-Orl-40TBS, M.D. Fla., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116369)....