Legal Opinion
Commerce Oil Refining Corporation v. William W. Miner
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 16, 1962No. 5944PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves a relatively small, but important issue. In 1957 defendant-appellant Commerce Oil Refining Corp., a Delaware corporation, brought a diversity action in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island against plaintiffs-appellees Miner et al., residents of the island of Conanicut, Rhode Island, hereinafter collectively Miner. The complaint sought damages for conspiracy and an injunction preventing Miner from interfering with Commerce’s proposed erection of an oil refinery upon the island pursuant to a license from the local…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Toucey v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Vandenbark v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Dictograph Products Company, Inc. v. Sonotone Corporation, Emil Henry Greibach and S. Michael PinelesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Goldstein v. DoftDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
- Commerce Oil Refining Corporation v. MinerSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1964
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