California Gasoline Retailers v. Regal Petroleum Corp. of Fresno, Inc.

The original plaintiff in this action for injunctive relief was California Gasoline Retailers, a nonprofit California corporation consisting of members distributing the products of the major oil companies, Standard Oil, Shell Oil, Union Oil and others. The defendants, too numerous to name individually, are members of three groups of independent service station operators. For convenience, they have been, and will be, referred to as the Regal Group, the Norwalk Group and the Beacon Group.

Plaintiff, some 60 o£ whose members were in the Fresno area where this case arose, brought suit against the…