Reyes v. Atlantic Richfield Company

12 F.3d 1464 Wilfredo REYES and Bernardita Reyes, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, ARCO Petroleum Products Co., Terry Firestone, Edward Loza, T.R. Murphy, Nancy Dicks, Cynthia Weston, and Does 1 through 200, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-56106. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 6, 1992. Decided Dec. 8, 1993. 1 Cheryl Shensa and Louis E. Goebel (argued), Goebel & Shensa, San Diego, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. 2 Katharine C. Sheehan and Diann H. Kim (argued), Tuttle & Taylor, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. 4 Before: D.W. NELSON, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and CALLISTER, District Judge. * CALLISTER, Senior District Judge: 5 Franchisees of an Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) gas station and convenience store sued ARCO when their franchise was not renewed. 1 The District Court granted summary judgment to ARCO, and the franchisees appealed. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 6 In 1986, the appellants, Wilfredo Reyes, and his wife, Bernardita, wanted to purchase a franchise for an existing ARCO…