Legal Opinion
All Brand Importers, Inc. v. Tampa Crown Distributors, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 1989No. 88-3158PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
This is a breach of contract action, the outcome of which partially turns on whether the district court properly held that the statute of frauds bars the enforcement of an alleged oral contract for the sole distributorship of the beer products of plaintiff.
We hold that the Florida Statute of Frauds, Fla.Stat. § 725.01, bars enforcement of an oral contract that was intended by the parties to last longer than a year, even though the contract could have been terminated for cause within a year. Khawly v. Reboul, 488 So.2d 856 (Fla.3d D.C.A.1986).
With this holding, we affirm the judgment of the…
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