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QUAKER STATE OIL REFINING CORP. v. GARRITY OIL CO.

Nos. 89-1258, 89-1296.

884 F.2d 1510 (1989)

QUAKER STATE OIL REFINING CORPORATION, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. GARRITY OIL COMPANY, INC., Defendant, Appellant. QUAKER STATE OIL REFINING CORPORATION, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. GARRITY OIL COMPANY, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Levy, with whom Berryl A. Speert, Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, Brian W. LeClair, Ann Johnston, and Fordham & Starrett, Boston, Mass., were on brief for Garrity Oil Co., Inc.

Donald B. Gould, with whom Hilary S. Schultz, Robert M. Duffy, and Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Mass., were on brief for Quaker State Oil Refining Corp.

Before BOWNES, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Invoking diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation (QSOR) sued a former distributor, defendant Garrity Oil Company (Garrity), in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Disenfranchised and disaffected, Garrity counter-sued. The district court ended the hostilities short of trial and the belligerents both appeal. We affirm.

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