Hopkins v. BP Oil, Inc.

BP Oil, Inc. (“BP”) sells gasoline to gasoline station operators for them to re-sell to the public. In this diversity case, three gasoline station operators (the “dealers”) sued BP under Alabama law for breach of contract and breach of statutory obligation, among other claims. The dealers alleged that, by billing them based on gross gallons of gasoline rather than based on temperature-compensated gallons of gasoline, BP breached the parties’ contracts and its obligation under User Regulation 3.5 (“U.R. 3.5”) of National Bureau of Standards Handbook 44. A jury returned a verdict for the…