Legal Opinion

Robert Porter & Sons, Inc. v. National Distillers Products Company, a Division of National Distillers and Chemical Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided November 18, 1963No. 7341PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SETH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant brought this action for damages, alleging that appellee wrongfully terminated the verbal contract under which appellant distributed appellee’s products. The trial court sustained appellee’s motion to dismiss an amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action upon which relief could be granted. From this order of dismissal, appellant appeals.

Appellant in its amended complaint alleges that in 1934 appellant and appellee entered into an oral contract which provided that appellant would exclusively distribute appellee’s liquor in New Mexico. Pursuant to this…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Claiborne-Reno Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
  2. J. C. Millett Co. v. Park & Tilford Distillers Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 1954
  3. Elizabeth Margaret Dallison and Max Dallison v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
  4. Mitton v. Granite State Fire Ins. Co. Granite State Fire Ins. Co. v. MittonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
  5. Jack's Cookie Company, and Cross-Appellee v. A. A. Brooks, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. McCasland v. PratherNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. Schieffelin & Co. v. Department of Liquor ControlSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
  3. Coker v. Bank of AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997
  4. Southwest Distributing Co. v. Olympia Brewing Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Elise I. Cliborn v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964

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