Legal Opinion
Alpha Distributing Co. of California, Inc. v. Jack Daniel Distillery
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 6, 1972No. Nos. 24541, 24542 and 24561PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:
Alpha Distributing Company of California, Inc. (Alpha) ,1 brought this action against Jack Daniel Distillery, Lem Mot-low, Prop., Inc. (Jack Daniel), BrownForman Distillers Corporation (BrownForman), and others,2 for damages, and for injunctive and declaratory relief, because of Jack Daniel’s termination of Alpha’s whiskey distributorship. Alpha commenced the action in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the City and County of San Francisco. Jack Daniel removed the case to the United States District Court because of diversity of citizenship.
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