Hatoff v. Texaco Inc.

METZNER, Judge.

Plaintiffs Stanley and Etta Hatoff appeal from an order of the United States District Judge Robert E. Keeton for the District of Massachusetts, granting the motion of defendant Texaco Inc. (Texaco) for summary judgment.

Plaintiffs own a gasoline and service station in Boston and have been purchasers of gasoline from Texaco for many years prior to 1973. When price controls became effective on May 15, 1973, they had been receiving two discounts, one in the form of .035 cents per gallon purchased, and a second in the form of a one per cent reduction if payment of invoices was made…