STATE EX REL. GALANOS v. MAPCO PETROLEUM

85-725.

519 So.2d 1275 (1987)

STATE of Alabama, ex rel. Chris N. GALANOS, etc. v. MAPCO PETROLEUM, INC.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Galloway, Jr., Mobile, and W. Dennis Summers of Summers, Jones & Pendergast, Atlanta, Ga., for appellants.

G. Sage Lyons, J.P. Courtney III, and Charles L. Miller, Jr., of Lyons, Pipes & Cook, Mobile, for appellee.

Charles F. Norton, Jr., of Falkenberry, Whatley & Heidt, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Service Station Dealers' Ass'n.


ALMON, Justice.

The question presented in this appeal is the constitutionality of the Motor Fuel Marketing Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 8-22-1, et seq. ("the Act"). The State, through the District Attorney for Mobile County, brought this action against Mapco Petroleum, Inc., doing business as "Western" service stations in Mobile County. The complaint sought a civil penalty for Mapco's alleged violations of the Act and an injunction against further violations. The trial...

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