Legal Opinion
Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Gulf Oil Corp.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided October 20, 1975No. 74-335-Civ-JLKPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.
Eastern Air Lines, Inc., hereafter Eastern, and Gulf Oil Corporation, hereafter Gulf, have enjoyed a mutually advantageous business relationship involving the sale and purchase of aviation fuel for several decades.
This controversy involves the threatened disruption of that historic relationship and the attempt, by Eastern, to enforce the most recent contract between the parties. On March 8, 1974 the correspondence and telex communications between the corpo rate entities culminated in a demand by Gulf that…
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