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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 15:2801 Petroleum Marketing Practices Act

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Case No. C 05-05102

ORDER REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFINGS ON MOTIONS FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

(JFEX1)

**E-Filed 07/17/2007 **

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

EQUILON ENTERPRISES LLC, a Delaware

Corporation, d/b/a SHELL OIL PRODUCTS US,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

MEHDI SHAHBAZI, et al.,

 Defendants.

Case Number C 05-05102 JF

ORDER REQUESTING 1

SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON

PARTIAL MOTIONS FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

[re: docket no. 100, 102]

MEHDI SHAHBAZI, 

Counter-Claimant,

v.

EQUILON ENTERPRISES LLC, a Delaware

Limited Liability Company, d/b/a SHELL OIL

PRODUCTS;

US PENINSULA PETROLEUM LLC, a California

Limited Liability Company; 

DOES 1 through 20, Inclusive,

Counter-Defendants.

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 Equilon issued its second notice of termination on August 8, 2006, and its third notice of 2

termination on October 9, 2006.

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Case No. C 05-05102

ORDER REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFINGS ON MOTIONS FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

(JFEX1)

Plaintiff Equilon Enterprises LLC (“Equilon”) moves for summary judgment on all the

claims it asserts and on all the counterclaims asserted by Defendant Mehdi Shahbazi

(“Shahbazi”). Shahbazi opposes the motions. The Court heard oral argument on June 29, 2007. 

The Court is persuaded that Equilon may be entitled to damages and injunctive relief

flowing from Shahbazi’s failure to vacate the Marina Station after the second and third notices of

termination provided by Equilon. However, while Equilon relies upon these notices in its partial 2

motions for summary judgment, the First Amended Complaint, which was filed after the second

termination notice on September 29, 2006, does not address these notices. Perhaps because of

this, Shahbazi’s responses to the partial motions for summary judgment focus primarily on the

validity of the first termination notice. 

Although it is inclined to find that the second and third notices of termination are

sufficient to warrant judgment in favor of Equilon, the Court concludes that Shahbazi should be

given a final opportunity to address the sufficiency of these notices. Accordingly, the parties shall

file letter briefs, not to exceed ten pages in length, on or before August 3, 2007, addressing the

question of whether there are any triable issues of material fact with respect to Equilon’s second

and third termination notices, and the question of whether the Court may grant relief on the basis

of the second and third notices without requiring Equilon to amend its original complaint. The

matter will then be submitted without further oral argument. No extension of time will be

granted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 17, 2007

 

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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Case No. C 05-05102

ORDER REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFINGS ON MOTIONS FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

(JFEX1)

This Order has been served upon the following persons:

Colin C. West colin.west@bingham.com 

James Severson james.severson@bingham.com 

Erica Brand Portnoy erica.brand@bingham.com 

Kristen A. Palumbo kristen.palumbo@bingham.com 

Mehdi Shahbazi

3030 Del Monte Blvd.

Marina, CA 93933

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