Legal Opinion
Phillips Puerto Rico Core, Inc. v. Tradax Petroleum Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 16, 1985No. 618, Docket 84-7789PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
Phillips Puerto Rico Core, Inc. (“Phillips”), which contracted to buy a cargo of naphtha, appeals an order and judgment of the Southern District of New York, Robert L. Carter, Judge, awarding over a million dollars in damages against it in favor of Tradax Petroleum, Ltd., for breach of its contract with Tradax. Phillips maintains that it was excused from performing because Tradax had failed to perform satisfactorily and because of the occurrence of an event of force majeure. We disagree and affirm.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Madeirense Do Brasil S/A v. Stulman-Emrick Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- David Roger Lettsome v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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