Mastronardi International Limited v. SunSelect Produce (California), Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 MASTRONARDI INTERNATIONAL CASE NO. 1:18-cv-00737-AWI-JLT

LIMITED,

5 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S v. MOTION TO DISMISS DEFENDANT’S COUNTERCLAIMS

SUNSELECT PRODUCE

(CALIFORNIA), INC., (Doc. No. 22) Defendant.

10 11 This is a lawsuit about a business dispute between a tomato grower and a tomato merchant. The grower is SunSelect Produce (California), Inc. (“SunSelect”) and the merchant is Mastronardi International Limited (“Mastronardi”). SunSelect and Mastronardi entered into a written agreement wherein SunSelect would grow tomatoes exclusively for Mastronardi and Mastronardi would purchase the tomatoes from SunSelect. After the agreement was entered into, the parties quarreled about each other’s performance or lack thereof under the agreement. Mastronardi initiated this lawsuit and filed multiple claims against SunSelect. In response, SunSelect filed multiple…