Triangle Trading Co. v. Robroy Industries, I

Case Date: 12/29/1999
Court: United States Court of Appeals
Docket No: 98-2366

United States Court of Appeals
For the First Circuit
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No. 98-2366

TRIANGLE TRADING CO., INC.,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

ROBROY INDUSTRIES, INC.,

Defendant, Appellee.

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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

[Hon. Salvador E. Casellas, U.S. District Judge]

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Before

Torruella, Chief Judge,

Campbell and Wallace, Senior Circuit Judges.

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Sigfredo A. Irizarry-Semidei for appellant.
Anthony Cillo, with whom Ira L. Podheiser, Cohen & Grigsby,
P.C. and Bruce J. McGiverin were on brief, for appellee.


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December 29, 1999
____________________ TORRUELLA, Chief Judge. This case comes before the court
against a backdrop of Puerto Rico and federal case law limiting the
scope of the Puerto Rico Dealers' Act of 1964, 10 L.P.R.A.  278a-
d (1994), commonly referred to as Act 75. Act 75 was enacted to
"remedy the abusive practices of suppliers who arbitrarily
eliminated distributors after they had invested in the business"
and had successfully established a market in Puerto Rico for the
supplier's product or service. Gonz