ADOLPH COORS CO. v. OKLAHOMA ALCOHOLIC BEV. CONTROL BD.

No. 50704.

584 P.2d 717 (1978)

ADOLPH COORS COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. OKLAHOMA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

September 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley, Campbell & Carney, Leo N. Bradley, Golden, Colo., Fellers, Snider, Blankenship & Bailey, Oklahoma City, for appellant, Adolph Coors Co.

J.M. Sheehan, James E. Britton, McClelland, Collins, Sheehan, Bailey & Bailey, Oklahoma City, for appellant, Pabst Brewing Co.

McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks & Woodruff by Philip D. Hart, Oklahoma City, for appellant, Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.

Andrews, Mosburg, Davis, Elam, Legg & Bixler, Theodore M. Elam, Jack L. Kinzie, Oklahoma City, for appellant, Miller Brewing Co.

Ames, Daugherty, Black, Ashabranner, Rogers & Fowler by Phil E. Daugherty, Oklahoma City, for appellant-intervenors, United States Brewers Association, Carling National Breweries, Inc., Pearl Brewing Co.

Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen. of Okl., Kenneth Delashaw, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


LAVENDER, Vice Chief Justice:

A licensed Class B wholesaler under Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, 37 O.S. 1971, § 501 et seq., Lee Distributing Co. (Lee), attempted to order strong beer from Adolph Coors Company (Coors). Lee had no distributor's contract with Coors. That brewer requested a declaratory ruling of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (Board) establishing a board policy under 37 O.S. 1971...

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