Emerito Estrada Rivera-Isuzu De P.R., Inc. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Consumers Union of United States, Inc. (“Consumers Union”) is a not-for-profit corporation that regularly conducts performance testing of consumer products. At a press conference on August 20, 1996, Consumers Union announced the results of its tests of the 1995-1996 Isuzu Trooper, a sport utility vehicle built by Isuzu Motors Ltd. (“Isuzu”). 1 Consumers Union called the Trooper “Not Acceptable” because of its “tendency to roll over in certain situations,” and recommended that Isuzu halt sales of the Trooper and recall vehicles already sold, and that owners of the Trooper…