TENOCO OIL CO. v. DEPT. OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS

No. 86-1590.

876 F.2d 1013 (1989)

TENOCO OIL COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS and Pedro Ortiz-Alvarez, Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn R. Coleman with whom Douglas G. Robinson, Matthew W.S. Estes, Washington, D.C., William S. Scherman, Henrietta Wright, Washington, D.C., Thomas J. Dougherty, Lori Weiner Lander, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Boston, Mass., Marcos A. Ramirez, Dennis A. Simonpietri and Ramirez & Ramirez, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Maximiliano Trujillo on brief for Asociacion de Detallistas de Gasolina de Puerto Rico, Inc., amicus curiae.

Rafael Perez-Bachs with whom Nestor M. Mendez-Gomez, Maggie Correa-Aviles, Ana Matilde Nin, Arturo J. Garcia-Sola, McConnell Valdes Kelley Sifre Griggs & Ruiz Suria, Hato Rey, P.R., Igor Dominguez, William Estrella Law Offices, Noel S. Gonzalez-Miranda, Mario L. Paniagua and Sweeting, Gonzalez & Cestero, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief for plaintiffs, appellees Shell, Mobil, Phillips, Texaco and Careco.

Etienne Totti del Valle, Hato Rey, P.R., Carlos Romero Barcelo and Dominguez & Totti, Hato Rey, P.R., on brief for plaintiff, appellee Tenoco Oil Co., Inc.

Jaime Sifre-Rodriguez, Luis Sanchez-Betances and Sanchez-Betances & Sifre, Hato Rey, P.R., on brief for appellee Esso Standard Oil Co. (P.R.).

Alvaro R. Calderon, Jr., Hato Rey, P.R., on brief for plaintiffs-appellees Isla Petroleum Corp. and Gasolinas de Puerto Rico, Inc.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge, and TAURO, District Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a permanent injunction issued by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico invalidating gasoline price regulations issued by an agency of the Puerto Rico government.1 The opinion of the district court is published at Isla Petroleum Corp. v. Department of Consumer Affairs, 640 F.Supp. 474 (D.P.R.1986). As we believe the...

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