Legal Opinion
Strickland v. Ports Petroleum Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 16, 1987No. 43535, 43558PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Justice.
These two cases were consolidated because they both involve constitutional challenges to the Below Cost Sales Act. The appellants, Richard Strickland and the Georgia Association of Petroleum Retailers, Inc., respectively sought injunctions to prevent: 1) appellee Ports Petroleum Company, Inc., from selling its gasoline below cost in violation of OCGA § 10-1-254 (a) (1); and 2) appellee Texaco et al., from selling its gasoline at discriminatory prices in violation of OCGA § 10-1-254 (a) (2). Both trial courts relied on Batton-Jackson Oil Co. v. Reeves, 255 Ga. 480 (340 SE2d 16)…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Harris v. DuncanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- Cox v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- Williams v. HirschSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- BATTON-JACKSON OIL COMPANY INC. v. ReevesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Strickland v. Rio Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1979
3Cited by8 opinions
- U. S. Anchor Manufacturing, Inc. v. Rule Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Ports Petroleum Co., Inc. of Ohio v. TuckerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
- R.L. Jordan Co. v. Boardman Petroleum, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
- City of Atlanta v. J. A. Jones Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- U.S. Anchor Mfg., Inc. v. Rule Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
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