Legal Opinion
Ross-Simons of Warwick, Inc. v. Baccarat, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 13, 1996No. 96-1619PublishedCited by 430 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Baccarat, Inc. (Baccarat) implores us to dismantle a preliminary injunction that compels it to continue selling its wares to the plaintiffs. 1 Discerning neither error of law nor abuse of discretion, we affirm.
1. BACKGROUND
We divide our account of the relevant background material into four segments.
A.The Commercial Climate.
' Baccarat is a subsidiary of Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat, a prestigious French lead crystal manufacturer. It is the exclusive distributor in the United States of this aristocratic product line.
Ross-Simons sells jewelry,…
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