Legal Opinion
Azam v. Carroll Indep. Fuel, LLC
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 2, 2019No. 1793/17Published
1Opinion of the CourtMoylan, J.
Our effort to pin a clear label on this appeal is at least tentatively inhibited by the ghost of anachronism. The appellant invokes the so-called Four Cent Rule. The Four Cent Rule was initially enacted by the General Assembly in 1978. 1 It was expressly designed to solve (or at least to ameliorate) what was then perceived to be a serious problem involving the oversight and regulation of the marketing of gasoline and gasoline products to gasoline stations or service stations throughout Maryland. Since the legislative session of 1978, however, the larger problem that gave rise to the Four Cent…
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- Exxon Corp. v. Governor of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Governor of the State v. Exxon Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- In Re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation. State of Arizona v. Standard Oil Co. Of California Texaco, Inc. Union Oil Co. Of California Atlantic Richfield Co. Exxon Corp. Mobil Oil Corp. And Shell Oil Co., and Continental Oil Co. Gulf Oil Corp. Phillips Petroleum Co. Caribou Four Corners, Inc. And Powerine Oil Co., State of California v. Standard Oil Co. Of California Texaco, Inc. Union Oil Co. Of California Exxon Corp. Gulf Oil Corp. Mobil Oil Corp. And Shell Oil Co., and Atlantic Richfield Co. Getty Oil Co. And Phillips Petroleum Co., State of Oregon, on Behalf of Itself, Its Residents and All Political Subdivisions Within the State Similarly Situated v. Standard Oil Co. Of California Texaco, Inc. Union Oil Co. Of California Atlantic Richfield Co. Exxon Corp. Mobil Oil Corp. And Shell Oil Co., and Getty Oil Co. Gulf Oil Corp. And Phillips Petroleum Co., State of Washington, on Behalf of Itself and Its Public Entities and Residents v. Standard Oil Co. Of California Texaco, Inc. Union Oil Co. Of California Atlantic Richfield Co. Exxon Corp. Gulf Oil Corp. Mobil Oil Corp. Shell Oil Co., and Getty Oil Co. And Phillips Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Standard Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Leh v. General Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
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