Legal Opinion
Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs v. Isla Petroleum Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 19, 1988No. 86-1406PublishedCited by 221 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
In this case we must determine whether federal legislation providing for controls over the allocation and pricing of petroleum products, passed in response to the oil crisis of the early 1970’s, or the legislation subsequently eliminating those controls, pre-empts gasoline price regulation by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
I
In 1973, Congress passed the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act (EPAA), Pub. L. 93-159, 87 Stat. 627, 15 U. S. C. § 751 et seq., in reaction to severe market disruptions caused by an embargo on oil exports to the United States. The central provision of the legislation,…
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