Legal Opinion
Beverage Distributors, Inc. v. Miller Brewing Co.
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided March 22, 2011No. Case 2:08-cv-827, 2:08-cv-931, 2:08-cv-1112, 2:08-cv-1131, 2:08-cv-1136PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MICHAEL H. WATSON, District Judge.
These consolidated diversity actions arise from the purported termination of alcoholic beverage distributor franchises governed by the Ohio Alcoholic Beverages Franchise Act (“ABFA” or “Act”), Ohio Rev.Code §§ 1333.82-1333.87. The cases present the central issue whether one of the Defendants is a “successor manufacturer” under Ohio Rev.Code § 1333.85(D) and therefore entitled to terminate the franehises in the absence of just cause or consent. Both sides move for summary judgment on the issue. For the reasons that follow, the Court grants…
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- Tri-CountyWholesale Distributors, Inc. v. Wine Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
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- Esber Beverage Co. v. Wine Group, Inc.Ohio Court of Appeals · 2012
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