Legal Opinion

Salim Aoude v. Mobil Oil Corporation

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided December 29, 1989No. 89-1690, 89-1696PublishedCited by 330 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Salim Aoude rails against the involuntary dismissal of two suits which he filed against defendant-ap-pellee Mobil Oil Corporation and others. The record of the case amply illustrates that, though the “bread of deceit is sweet to a man ... afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.” Proverbs 20:17. We told a part of the tawdry tale in Aoude v. Mobil Oil Corp., 862 F.2d 890 (1st Cir.1988), and now write the final chapter.

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The general scenario of plaintiff’s effort surreptitiously to acquire a Mobil franchise from another service station operator,…

2Cases cited39 opinions

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