Triangle Trading Co. v. Robroy Industries, I
Case Date: 12/29/1999
Court: United States Court of Appeals
Docket No: 98-2366
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For the First Circuit ____________________ No. 98-2366 TRIANGLE TRADING CO., INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. ROBROY INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant, Appellee. ____________________ APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO [Hon. Salvador E. Casellas, U.S. District Judge] ____________________ Before Torruella, Chief Judge, Campbell and Wallace, Senior Circuit Judges. _____________________ 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. ____________________ 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 |