Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Represents American Petroleum Institute
The American Petroleum Institute, a trade association representing 400 oil and natural gas corporations, has filed suit in federal court claiming that the Tennessee Renewable Fuels Blending Act violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The organization is asking a federal judge to enjoin the act before it takes effect on New Year's Day. The act requires refiners to sell unblended gas to wholesalers in Tennessee; the wholesalers can blend it with ethanol or biofuels if they choose.
The American Petroleum Institute is represented by Wallace Dietz, David Esquivel and M. Jason Hale with Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.
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