ISLA PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 10, 1986.
Decided December 29, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lynn R. Coleman and Douglas G. Robinson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for defendants-appellants.
Rafael Perez-Bachs, Ana Matilde Nin, Nestor Mendez-Gomez, Maggie Correa-Aviles, McConnell, Valdes, Kelley, Sifre, Griggs & Ruiz-Suria, San Juan, Puerto Rico, were on the brief, for plaintiffs-appellees The Shell Co., Ltd., Mobil Oil Caribe, Inc. and Phillips Puerto Rico Core, Inc., along with Noel S. Gonzalez-Miranda and Mario L. Paniagua, Sweeting, Gonzalez & Cestero, San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the brief, for plaintiff-appellee Caribbean Gulf Refining Corporation and Igor Dominguez, William Estrella Law Offices, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the brief for plaintiff-appellee Texaco Puerto Rico, Inc.
Jaime Sifre-Rodriguez and Luis Sanchez Betances, Cepeda, Sanchez-Betances & Sifre, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, along with Donald B. Craven, Mark L. Evans, and James P. Tuite, Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, D.C., on the brief, for plaintiff-appellee Esso Standard Oil Co., P.R.
Alvaro R. Calderon, Jr., Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, was on the brief for plaintiffs-appellees Isla Petroleum Corp. and Gasolinas De Puerto Rico Corp.
Daniel Joseph and Thomas A. Lorenzen, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae American Petroleum Institute.
Before CHRISTENSEN, ESTES, and JAMESON, Judges.
Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.
JAMESON, Judge:
Defendants-appellants, Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO), et al., have appealed from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, enjoining them from implementing or enforcing orders fixing prices or profit margins in the gasoline wholesale or retail business, except in accord with federal law as described in the court's opinion.1<...
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