Oerther v. Pennzoil Co.

METZNER, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs Morley and Charles Oerther, operators of a retail gasoline service station, appeal from a judgment of the Eastern District of Michigan (Freeman, J.) dismissing as time barred their action for overcharges under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act (EPAA).

This is an action to recover compensatory and double damages pursuant to Section 210 of the Economic Stabilization Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1904 Note, as incorporated in the EPAA, 15 U.S.C. § 751, et seq., for alleged overcharges in the sale of gasoline. Plaintiffs allege that defendant violated 10 C.F.R. §…