Legal Opinion
City of New York v. Watkins
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 8, 1991No. Civ. A. 89-2335-LFOPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
In May 1986, two New York City agencies, the Departments of Sanitation and Environmental Protection, applied for restitution for petroleum overcharges from an escrow fund created by an order issued in what is known as the “Stripper Well Litigation.” See, e.g., In re Department of Energy Stripper Well Exemption Litigation, 690 F.2d 1375, 1377-80 (Temp.Emer.Ct. App.1982); the Departments later received refunds totalling $4,226. On April 16, 1982, and then again on June 29, 1988, the City applied for a refund of approximately $1 million from a different,…
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