Pike v. Allen International Ltd.

Plaintiffs, a group of retail package sellers of wine, filed this suit in equity for a declaratory judgment, injunction and damages, naming as defendants a group of wholesale dealers in wine. As stated in a pretrial order, which replaced the pleadings, plaintiffs contended that defendants were not entitled to make certain "dock sales” to "members of the public” under their licenses from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission as wholesale wine licensees and that such sales by them were in violation of ORS 471.405(1) and (3) which, according to plaintiffs, prohibit non-licensed agents and…