Legal Opinion
Tenoco Oil Company, Inc. v. Department of Consumer Affairs and Pedro Ortiz-Alvarez, Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 2, 1989No. 86-1590PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
This appeal is from a permanent injunction issued by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico invalidating gasoline price regulations issued by an agency of the Puerto Rico government. 1 The opinion of the district court is published at Isla Petroleum Corp. v. Department of Consumer Affairs, 640 F.Supp. 474 (D.P.R.1986). As we believe the enjoined price order was not yet ripe for constitutional review, we vacate the district court’s injunction.
I. BACKGROUND
This dispute arose when the Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs (referred to…
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