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AFA DISTRIBUTING CO., INC. v. PEARL BREWING COMPANY

No. 72-1939.

470 F.2d 1210 (1973)

AFA DISTRIBUTING CO., INC., Appellant, v. PEARL BREWING COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Kay, Washington, D. C. (McCormack & Bregman, Washington, D. C., and Stanley Perry, Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Laidler B. Mackall, Washington, D. C. (Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D. C., and Alfred D. Swersky, Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CRAVEN, Circuit Judge.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

This litigation is a thus far unsuccessful effort by a local Virginia beer distributing company (AFA) to prevent a Texas manufacturer of beer (Pearl) from terminating an exclusive franchise to distribute Country Club Malt liquor in northern Virginia. The complaint recites that there is jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 but is silent as to what, if any, federal question is presented. That is not enough. Wright, Law of Federal Courts 59...

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