Ag West Supply v. Hall

Defendant, the Oregon State Fire Marshal, appeals a judgment declaring that ORS 480.360 is unconstitutional and enjoining enforcement of that statute and other provisions related to it. We reverse.

Plaintiffs are agricultural cooperatives and corporations that provide cardlock gasoline dispensing services to their members, and individuals who purchase gasoline through cardlock facilities. They brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, challenging the 1991 amendments to ORS 480.310 to ORS 480.385, which govern the dispensing of gasoline, as unconstitutional under Article I,…