(November 9, 2017, 10:01 AM EST) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut federal judge on Nov. 6 granted three franchisees’ motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to enjoin a third party’s purchase of their Hess-branded retail gasoline stations from the franchisor (Fairy-Mart, et al. v. Marathon Petroleum Company LP, et al., No. 17-1195, D. Conn., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 183642)....