Jacobsen v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

KELLEY, Justice.

This case comes to us as a certified question. The question is: Does the Minnesota Beer Brewers and Wholesalers Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 325B.01, et seq., applied retroactively to a preexisting agreement between a brewer and a wholesaler as mandated by Minn.Stat. § 325B.15, unconstitutionally impair the parties’ rights and obligations set forth in that preexisting agreement under art. I, § 10 of the Constitution of the United States and art. 1, § 11 of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota? The trial court denied Anheuser-Busch’s motion to dismiss an action commenced by a…