Legal Opinion

Bottle Poetry, LLC v. Doyle Restaurant Group Franchise Co.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided January 15, 2014No. 2013-CA-0406PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JAMES F. McKAY III, Chief Judge.

| defendant, Doyle Restaurant Group Franchise Company, LLC (“DRG”), appeals the trial court’s September 6, 2012 judgments: 1) confirming an arbitration award rendered in favor of plaintiffs, Bottled Poetry, LLC, Uncorked, LLC d/b/a The Wine Loft, Uncorked II, LLC d/b/a The Wine Loft, DP Ventures, and the Wine Loft Pittsburgh, Inc. (collectively “franchisees”); and 2) denying DRG’s exception of lack of procedural capacity. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

DRG is the national franchisor of Wine Loft. Each of the five franchisees involved in this action…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Denoux v. Vessel Management Services, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
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  3. Welch v. AG Edwards & Sons, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
  4. Montelepre v. Waring ArchitectsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
  5. Haney v. DavisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2006

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