Legal Opinion
Sims Wholesale Co. v. Brown-Forman Corp.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 19, 1996No. Record 951144; Record 951142PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Compton
In these appeals in a case originating before an administrative agency, we are confronted with a question of statutory interpretation.
We are dealing with Virginia’s Wine Franchise Act (the Act), Code §§ 4.1-400 through -418 (Repl. Vol. 1993), a part of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. This controversy arose in September 1989. At that time, the Act was codified in §§4-118.42 through -118.61 (Supp. 1989). The Act’s provisions pertinent to this appeal are the same in both versions. Thus, for clarity we shall refer to the statutes in effect at the time of the May 1995 decision from which this…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Wright-Moore Corporation, Cross-Appellee v. Ricoh Corporation, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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- Raven Red Ash Coal Corp. v. AbsherSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
- Heublein, Inc. v. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1989
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