Jump to content

Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Eastlaw (talk | contribs) at 03:01, 20 April 2006 (ideal citation). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland, 437 U.S. 117 (1978)[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held ...

  • ^ 437 U.S. 117 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
 upheld a Maryland law prohibiting oil producers and refiners from operating service stations within its borders. The law was a response to evidence that those stations, which represented about 5% of all those in Maryland, had received preferential treatment during the 1973 oil crisis.

The challengers, including Exxon, claimed that the law violated the Dormant Commerce Clause. Justice Stevens wrote for the majority, which disagreed with Exxon et al.: "Since Maryland's entire gasoline supply flows in interstate commerce and since there are no local producers or refiners, such claims of disparate treatment between interstate and local commerce would be meritless."


Stub icon

This article related to the Supreme Court of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exxon_Corp._v._Governor_of_Maryland&oldid=49229239"