Geary Distributing Company, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. All Brand Importers, Inc., Cross-Appellee

This appeal involves the retroactive application of Florida’s beer, distribution statute, Fla.Stat. § 563.022, to an existing alcoholic beverage distribution contract between All Brand Importers, Inc. (All Brand) and Geary Distributing Company, Inc. (Geary). The district court held that the beer distribution statute could be retroactively applied to the contract between All Brand and Geary and that All Brand had violated the statute by unreasonably withholding its consent to a proposed assignment by Geary of its rights under the contract. The court awarded Geary compensatory damages, interest…