Town of North Hempstead v. Exxon Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the judgments of Supreme Court reinstated.

One owner of a partial self-service station testified as to the substantially increased risks posed by distribution of gasoline through self-service pumps as contrasted to its distribution through attendant-serviced pumps. Although there was impressive evidence to the contrary, we cannot *749say, even in the absence of relevant legislative findings, that it has been shown beyond a reasonable doubt that there was no rational basis for the adoption of the…