Getty Petroleum Marketing, Inc. v. Capital Terminal Co.

Although I concur in the per curiam opinion of my colleagues affirming the decision of the district court, I write separately to discuss the doctrine of judicial notice of law generally, some important changes taking place in the application of that doctrine to municipal ordinances and mandatory safety codes, and the relevance of those changes to the judicial notice request made by Capital in this case. Recognizing that this discussion is not precedent, I nevertheless hope that the discussion will inform the judicial notice of law analysis when comparable judicial notice of law issues arise…