By Tony McVeigh
Frankfort, KY – Nothing was resolved at a Frankfort hearing in Kentucky's price gouging case against Marathon Oil. The arguments will resume later this week. Attorney General Jack Conway says Marathon has illegally been jacking up gasoline prices during a state of emergency.
"The governor issued his emergency order on April 26th which put in place Kentucky's price gouging law, which says that you can't gouge on building supplies, you can't gouge on hotel rooms and you can't gouge on gas prices."
But Attorney Sheryl Snyder, who represents Marathon, says the case appears to have more to do with price control than price gouging.
"They're not even alleging that their claim for relief has anything to do with the flooding, or anything to do with the emergency. They've predicated their claim totally on the argument that we're following the spot market."
The two sides met in Franklin Circuit Court, but due to judicial and expert witness scheduling conflicts, nothing was resolved. Another hearing will be held Thursday morning.