Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 41

11-October-2004

OPEC

US Supreme Court Dismisses OPEC Antitrust Case Appeal

The US Supreme Court on 3 October dismissed without comment an appeal from Birmingham, Alabama gas station owner Carl Prewitt against the rejection by a federal appeals court last December of his antitrust suit against OPEC (MEES, 5 January). The latest action by the US Supreme Court brings the whole saga to a close. The lawsuit accused OPEC and other producing countries (Mexico,...