STEUART PETROLEUM CO. v. BOARD OF CTY. COMMISSIONERS

[No. 41, September Term, 1975.]

276 Md. 435 (1975)

347 A.2d 854

STEUART PETROLEUM COMPANY ET AL. v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanuel H. Horn, with whom were Melvin J. Sykes, Robert V. Smith and Oliver R. Guyther on the brief, for appellants.

James P. Salmon, with whom were Joseph D. Weiner and Paul J. Bailey on the brief, for Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary's County, part of appellees. Henry R. Lord, Deputy Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, George A. Nilson, Assistant Attorney General, and Warren K. Rich, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for The Maryland Historical Trust and Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, other appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and O'DONNELL, JJ.


SINGLEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Steuart Investment Company and Steuart Petroleum Company (collectively referred to in this opinion as Steuart) have respectively owned and operated an oil storage terminal at Piney Point in St. Mary's County (the County) since 1949.1 The terminal has the capability of storing 200,000,000 gallons of fuel oil which is off-loaded from tankers and delivered to customers in the District of Columbia...

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