Of all the dumb laws I can think of this has to be among the dumbest and (I would think) politically unpopular.

If you think the gas prices at the new Flying J Travel Center in Dothan were too good to be true when they opened for business last month, you’re not alone.

A local oil company is suing Flying J in federal court, claiming the company sold its gas at prices lower than the law allows.

Cowarts-based Home Oil Company filed the complaint in U.S. District Court March 1, claiming Flying J violated the Alabama Motor Fuel Marketing Act, which states:

“It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce in this state to sell or offer to sell motor fuel below cost … where the effect is to injure competition.”

The whole point of business is to win market share from your competition.  All this law does is make us pay more for gas.

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