Longview Refining Co. v. Shore

ESTES, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellees, W. R. (Bill) Shore and 12 other separate parties,1 are purchasers of gasoline and diesel fuel from one or more refineries, which products each of them resells to and through service stations *1008for retail distribution to consumers. Defendant-appellant Longview Refining Company (Longview) operates a small refinery which has been a supplier of gasoline and/or diesel fuel for the respective plaintiffs at various periods of time. Defendant-appellant Crystal Oil Company acquired all of Longview’s capital stock as of November 1, 1973.

The plaintiffs sought declaratory…