ESSO STANDARD OIL CO. v. DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS

No. 85-1879.

793 F.2d 431 (1986)

ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose R. Gonzalez-Irizarry with whom Arturo J. Garcia-Sola, McConnell Valdes Kelley Sifre Griggs & Ruiz-Suria and Otto Bustelo-Garriga, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Reina Colon De Rodriguez, Acting Deputy Sol. Gen., Dept. of Justice, with whom Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Maximiliano Trujillo-Gonzalez, Hato Rey, P.R., on brief, for Asociacion De Detallistas De Gasolina De Puerto Rico, Inc., amicus curiae.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Circuit Judge, and YOUNG, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 31, 1986.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, five oil companies engaged in the distribution of gasoline and other petroleum products in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,1 challenge the validity of a Commonwealth regulation controlling the rents that may be charged to gasoline filling stations. Appellants claim that the regulation is...

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