Legal Opinion
R.L. Lipton Distributing Company (85-3921), Ohio Valley Beer Company, Inc. (86-3209) v. Dribeck Importers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1987No. 85-3921, 86-3209PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
R.L. Lipton Distributing Company and Ohio Valley Beer Company seek to persuade this Court that the district courts erred in finding that they lacked personal jurisdiction over Dribeck Importers, Inc. in these two diversity actions based on the Ohio Alcoholic Beverages Franchise Act. Ohio Rev.Code 1333.82 et seq. The two beer distributors, Lipton and Ohio Valley, had sued Dribeck, the importer for Beck’s Beer, for breach of the Ohio Act by terminating a franchise allegedly protected by the Act. Both district courts dismissed the actions for lack of personal…
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