Texas American Asphalt Corporation v. Walker

INGRAHAM, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a Texas corporation which operates a petroleum refinery at Lacoste, Texas, for the production of asphalt, seeks to enjoin the Collector and Deputy Collector of Customs at Galveston and Houston, Texas, from preventing plaintiff from importing Venezuelan crude oil in noncompliance with the Mandatory Oil Import Program promulgated by the President in Proclamation 3279, issued March 10, 1959 (24 F.R. 1781), 19 U.S. C.A. § 1352a note. Plaintiff also seeks a declaratory judgment that it is entitled to import such crude oil at the rate of 10,000 barrels per day.

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