United States v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a retail outlet.” 40 C.F.R. § 80.2 (k). A retail outlet is “any establishment at which gasoline is sold or offered for sale for use in motor vehicles.” Id. § 80.2(j). 2 . A wholesale purchaser-consumer is “any organization that is an ultimate consumer of gasoline and which purchases or obtains gasoline from a supplier for use in motor vehicles and receives delivery of that product into a storage tank of at least 550-gallon capacity substantially under the control of that organization.” 40 C.F. R. § 80.2(o). 3 . Defendants initially seek to create an issue of fact whether Pilot Petroleum Associates, Inc. (“PPA”) and Pilot Petroleum Products, Inc. ("PPP”) should be considered as one defendant. Their sole ground in support of this argument is that PPA and PPP are separate legal entities. Both corporations, however, were owned by Joseph Aracri (50%) and John Papandon (50%), had the same officers, directors, employees, telephone number and business address, and engaged in the same business activity. See Aracri Affidavit ¶ 5-7 at 3. PPA commenced business operation in 1977 and PPP began doing business “in 1984.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Pilot Petroleum Associates, Inc.