Legal Opinion
Brown-Forman Corp. v. Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 4, 1988No. Nos. 87-5870, 87-5913PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
The laws of the State of Tennessee prohibit any distiller from making a sale of alcoholic beverages to a wholesaler in Tennessee at a price higher than that being charged, contemporaneously with the Tennessee sale, to a wholesaler in any other state. Tenn.Code Ann. § 57-3-202(e). The Tennessee statute leaves distillers free to change their out-of-state prices at will, without notice and without the approval of any Tennessee official.
Plaintiff Brown-Forman Corporation, a distiller and national marketer of alcoholic beverages, brought the present action to obtain…
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