Legal Opinion
Flotech, Inc. v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 31, 1985No. Civ. A. 83-3395-YPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
On November 1, 1983, FTI Flotech, Inc. (“Flotech”) and Fluoramics, Inc. (“Fluoram-ics”) 1 instituted this action against E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company (“Du Pont”). The plaintiffs, Fluoramics and Flotech, are, respectively, the manufacturer and the former principal distributor and marketing agent of a motor oil additive product called “Tufoil” (pronounced “tough-oil”). By their complaint, exhibits and documents, Flotech and Fluoramics assert that Du Pont disparaged or defamed their product, Tufoil, by a Du Pont press release issued February 1,…
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