Legal Opinion
Gulf Oil Corporation v. Walter J. Hickel, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 19, 1970No. 23492PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a challenge to a decision of the Oil Import Administrator, affirmed by the Oil Import Appeals Board, which denied the application of plaintiff-appellants, Gulf Oil Corp. and its affiliate in Puerto Rico (hereafter collectively “Gulf”), for an import allocation authorizing importation of 3,539 barrels per day (b./d) of foreign crude oil into Puerto Rico. Gulf brought this action to challenge the decision, on grounds of arbitrariness and exceptional hardship.
The District Court ruled “that the decision of the Board is reasonable and consistent with the…
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