Legal Opinion
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA v. Puerto Rico Beauty Supply, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 20, 2006No. 05-1075PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
Puerto Rico Law 75 prohibits a principal from terminating a distribution contract with its dealer without just cause. 10 L.P.R.A. § 278. Law 75 was enacted on June 24, 1964, and does not apply retroactively to distribution agreements reached before the law’s enactment. See Warner Lambert v. Superior Court, 101 D.P.R. 378 (1973). In this case, Unilever Home & Personal Care USA (Unilever), the manufacturer of Helene Curtis beauty products, sought a declaratory judgment that its relationship with a former distributor, Puerto Rico Beauty Supply Company (PRBS), was not governed by Law 75 because…
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- Sargent v. Tenaska, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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