Legal Opinion
Aba Distributors, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Adolph Coors Company, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1981No. 80-1938, 80-1974PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
The ultimate issue in this appeal is the propriety of a preliminary injunction under which Coors must make monthly payments to sustain the existence of ABA as a business enterprise.
ABA distributed Coors beer in western Missouri from mid-1978 until March of 1980, when Coors gave ABA notice of termination of the distributorship. Coors asserted as grounds for this termination ABA’s “dishonesty” and “violation of state and federal law” in covertly selling beer for resale outside Missouri. ABA filed an action in the district court alleging that its termination…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Semmes Motors, Inc., Suing on Behalf of Itself and Together With Ford Dealers Alliance, Inc., Etc. v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Jack Kahn Music Co., Inc. v. Baldwin Piano & Organ CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- The Guinness-Harp Corporation v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Howard Bateman and Marguerite B. Jones, Partners, Trading as Ernest Jones Company v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Gelco Corp. v. Coniston PartnersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Lahman Manufacturing Co. v. First National Bank of Aberdeen (In Re Lahman Manufacturing Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Dakota · 1983
- Associated Producers v. City of Independence, Mo.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1986
- Medika International, Inc. v. Scanlan International, Inc.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1993
- ABA Distributors, Inc. v. Adolph Coors Co.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1982
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