Legal Opinion
Petereit v. S.B. Thomas, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 18, 1995No. Nos. 192, 193; Dockets 93-9293, 93-9299PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
This litigation is between a manufacturer and a number of its distributors in the State of Connecticut. The distributors are of course somewhat at the mercy of the manufacturer whose products they distribute. For that reason they might believe they stand in the shoes of a David challenging a Goliath. Yet, casting the instant suit in terms of the biblical story, the small entrepreneur against all odds taking on the large corporation, does not accurately reflect the reality of the relationship between the parties. The State of Connecticut has enacted a statute the aim…
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