Legal Opinion
Brown-Forman Corporation v. George Miller
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided September 28, 2017No. 2014-SC-000717-DGUnknownCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
JUSTICE WRIGHT
I. BACKGROUND
Appellee, George Miller, 1 owns properly in Jefferson County near warehouses owned by Appellants, Brown-Forman Corporation and Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. (referred to collectively as Brown-For-man). Brown-Forman’s warehouses contain barrels of aging bourbon.
Bourbon is a uniquely Kentucky liquor. The confluence of geology, geography, fertile soil, and availability of land helped birth the bourbon industry in Kentucky. The Commonwealth’s easily accessible limestone water, abundance of oak trees, and expansive land—combined with a four-season…
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