Legal Opinion
General Office Products Corp. v. Gussco Manufacturing, Inc.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided May 28, 1987No. Civ. 83-1413(JAF)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FUSTE, District Judge.
This is a diversity-of-citizenship suit now before us on cross-motions for summary judgment. 28 U.S.C. sec. 1332; Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. The case presents an issue of first impression under Puerto Rico’s Dealers’ Act, Law 75, of June 24, 1964, as amended, 10 L.P.R.A. secs. 278-278d (Law 75). The same involves a Puerto Rico-based commercial distributor suing his principal, the manufacturer and supplier of certain products, for damages as a result of an impairment of contractual relations by the latter.
It is a known fact to those close to Puer-to Rico’s…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. Colgate & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. HydeSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Gibbs v. BuckSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Casas Office MacHines, Inc. v. Mita Copystar America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Borschow Hospital & Medical Supplies, Inc. v. Cesar Castillo Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Irvine v. Murad Skin Research Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Vulcan Tools of Puerto Rico v. Makita Usa, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- Draft-Line Corp. v. Hon Co.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1991
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