Mastronardi International Limited v. SunSelect Produce (California), Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 MASTRONARDI INTERNATIONAL CASE NO. 1:18-cv-00737-AWI-JLT
LIMITED,
5 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR AN ANTI- v. ARBITRATION INJUNCTION
SUNSELECT PRODUCE
(CALIFORNIA), INC., (Doc. No. 40)
Defendant.
10 11 I. Introduction 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 the other’s performance or lack thereof under the agreement. Mastronardi then filed this lawsuit, alleging and pleading that SunSelect violated the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act…