Shell Oil Co. v. City of Revere

At issue is the constitutionality of an ordinance 1 of the city of Revere banning self-service gasoline stations in that city. The plaintiff Shell Oil Company (Shell) sought a declaration that “the proposed operation of Plaintiff’s self-service gasoline station is not hazardous or injurious to the public,” and that the ordinance is “invalid” under the equal protection clause 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and under arts. 1, 7, and 10 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. The city’s answer denies that the ordinance is unconstitutional and asserts that the…