6th Circuit dismisses small business lawsuit over refinery buyouts

(Reuters) A US appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by current and former small business owners in a Detroit neighborhood depopulated by Marathon Petroleum's buyout of hundreds of homes as part of a refinery expansion.

The plaintiffs failed to show Marathon's expansion, as furthered by the residential buyouts, was undertaken to interfere with their businesses, the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals said on Thursday, affirming a lower court judge's earlier dismissal of the lawsuit with prejudice.

Reporting by David Bailey

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