Tri-CountyWholesale Distributors, Inc. v. Wine Group, Inc.

OPINION

JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

This is an interlocutory review of a preliminary injunction that stops Defendant The Wine Group (“TWG”), a California-based national wine supplier, from terminating distributorship agreements with the Plaintiffs, two franchisees who are the exclusive distributors of certain TWG products in several Ohio counties. We find no abuse of discretion in the district court’s determination that the factors collectively weigh in favor of granting the preliminary injunction. We AFFIRM.

I. BACKGROUND

Like many other states, Ohio has a three-tier system for distributing…