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Litigation

Jul. 14, 2015

Gas station chain launches antitrust class action against oil giants

Suit alleges major oil companies and refineries rigged the California gas market in 2012 and are engaged in the same manipulation this year to keep prices high.


By Banks Albach


Daily Journal Staff Writer


An Escondido-based gas station chain has filed a class action alleging that major
oil companies and refineries rigged the California gas market in 2012 and are engaged
in the same manipulation this year to keep prices high.


Filed by Persian Gulf Inc. in San Diego County Superior Court, the complaint is targeting
some o...

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