MEDINA & MEDINA INC. v. HORMEL FOODS CORP.

Nos. 14-2055, 14-2066.

840 F.3d 26 (2016)

MEDINA & MEDINA INC., Plaintiff, Appellant; Cross-Appellee, v. HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee; Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaime Sifre Rodríguez , with whom Marta E. Vilá Báez , Amanda Collazo Maguire , and Sánchez-Betances , Sifre & Muñoz-Noya, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Luis A. Oliver , Hato Rey, PR, with whom Salvador Antonetti-Zequeira and Fiddler González & Rodríguez, P.S.C. were on brief, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Torruella and Lipez, Circuit Judges.


This case involves a dispute over an unwritten and allegedly exclusive distributorship agreement between Medina & Medina, Inc. ("Medina") and Hormel Foods Corp. ("Hormel") under Puerto Rico's Dealer's Contracts Act ("Law 75"), see P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 10, §§ 278-278e. Medina, a Puerto Rico...

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