Legal Opinion
The Guinness-Harp Corporation v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 21, 1980No. 317, Docket 79-7572PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the granting of an injunction to preserve the status quo of a beer distributorship pending arbitration of the brewer’s right to terminate its agreement with its distributor. The principal issues are whether the agreement provides for maintenance of the status quo during the arbitration and whether the availability of that relief is to be determined by the court or by the arbitrator.
The essential facts are not. in dispute. Pursuant to an August, 1971 agreement, the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. and the Guinness-Harp Corporation provided that Guinness was…
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