District of Columbia v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp.

Opinion for the court by Associate Judge Thompson.

Dissenting opinion by Associate Judge Easterly at page 436. ,

THOMPSON, Associate Judge:

This action arose when appellant District of Columbia (“the District”), asserting that it was acting “in its parens patriae capacity and through its Attorney General,” brought suit against defendant/appel-lee ExxonMobil Oil Corp. (“Exxon”) and defendants/appellees Anacostia Realty, LLC (“Anacostia”) and Springfield Petroleum Realty, LLC (“Springfield”) (affiliated entities sometimes hereafter referred to together as the “Distributors”), and Capitol Petroleum…