Outboard Marine Corp. v. Pezetel

MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.

The increase in trade between countries whose economies are controlled and the United States with its legal and economic heritage of frée enterprise inevitably creates disputes not envisioned at the time statutes designed to promote the continued prosperity of the American economy were passed. When a producer in a controlled economy decides to manufacture a product solely for export to the United States, the potential for complaint from an aggrieved American industry increases.

This case demonstrates the difficulties which occur when an American manufacturer…