Amacher v. Brown-Forman Corp.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

Plaintiffs, fourteen Moore County farmers, sued the makers of Jack Daniels whiskey claiming an enforceable right to purchase a distillery by-product. The chancellor granted the distillery summary judgment. The question raised in this appeal is whether the record contains material facts showing the plaintiffs have a cause of action for promissory estoppel.

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In making sour mash whiskey, a distiller produces a by-product known as stillage, a wet, thick mixture of grain and other products. Stillage, sometimes referred to in the record as “slop”, is a valuable source of…