Bridge Street Automotive, Inc. v. Green Valley Oil, LLC

Filing 229

Chief Judge Patti B. Saris: ORDER entered. ORDER ON REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS : "I ADOPT the report and recommendation without opposition and DISMISS ARFA for lack of personal jurisdiction." Action on motion: ADOPTING 227 Report and Recommendations; GRANTING 148 Motion for Summary Judgment. (LaFlamme, Jennifer)

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Case 1:12-cv-10750-PBS Document227 Filed 10/17113 Page 1 of 31

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CIVIL ACTION
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REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON

ARFA'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

October 17, 2013

I. INTRODUCTION

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This action was brought by a group of seventy-four gasoline station owners against

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Valley in its capacity as the plaintiffs' landlord and gasoline supplier. Green Valley does
not dispute that it owes the plaintiffs over $1.6 million in security deposits, but it
contends that it is out of business and has no assets. Accordingly, the plaintiffs have
sought to recover the amounts due to them from ARF A, based on allegations that ARFA
was Green Valley's alter ego, and that it unlawfully obtained funds, including rent and
security deposits, that the plaintiffs had paid to Green Valley.