Procedural History.
Plaintiffs The Wine Country Gateway Recreational Vehicle Park, LLC (WCG), Abby Allen dba Templeton Market & Deli, Templeton Market & Deli, Inc. (Templeton), John Letters dba Santa Maria Wash & Lube, and Letters, Inc. (collectively Plaintiffs) are separate independent retail service stations, joined in this action to allege that each of them entered into their respective contracts1 with Defendants Eagle Energy, Inc. (Eagle), a fuel distributor, and Linda Schultze2 for the exclusive supply of gasoline products for a ten-year term. According to the third amended complaint (TAC), the parties agreed that pricing would be accomplished according to the industry “Dealer Tank Wagon Pricing” (DTW) standard. The TAC alleges that with respect to each contract, Eagle improperly charged an additional three cents per gallon over and above the price set by the DTW standard.
The Eagle Defendants allege that the Agreements do not state that the price per gallon would be the DTW stand