Pan American Computer Corp. v. Data General Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on M/s Bremen v. Zapata off-Shore Company · Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp. · Morales Rivera v. Sea Land of Puerto Rico, Inc. · 410 F. Supp. 1339 - Southern International Sales Co. v. Potter & Brumfield Division of AMF Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“The provisions of this chapter are of a public order and therefore the rights determined by such provisions cannot be waived____ [I]n the adjudgment of the claims that may arise hereunder, the courts of justice shall recognize the right in favor of [distributors] notwithstanding the corporate or contractual structures or mechanisms that the principal or grantor may have created or imposed to conceal the real nature of the relationship established.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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