E & J GALLO WINERY v. Morand Bros. Beverage Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ST. EVE, District Judge.

Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant E & J Gallo Winery has moved to strike or dismiss Defendants’ First Amended Counterclaim. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiffs motion is granted in part and denied in part.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff E & J Winery (“E & J”), a California corporation with its principal place of business in Modesto, California, and Defendants Morand Brothers Beverage Company (“Morand”), Central Wholesale Company (“Central”), Mueller Distributing Company, Inc. (“Mueller”) and Paramount Distributing Company, Inc. (“Paramount”) 1 were…