SCHIEFFELIN & CO. v. DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR CONTROL

(12363), (12364), (12077), (12078), (12079)

194 Conn. 165 (1984)

SCHIEFFELIN & COMPANY v. DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR CONTROL ET AL. FOREMOST-MCKESSON, INC. v. LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter B. Schatz, with whom were Samuel J. Henderson and, on the brief, Alfred F. Wechsler, for the appellants (defendant Brescome Distributors Corporation et al.).

John C. Yavis, Jr., with whom was Barry J. Waters, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Robert F. Vacchelli, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, and Richard M. Sheridan, assistant attorney general, for the appellant (named defendant).

Lawrence A. Slitt, for the appellant (defendant Connecticut Distributors, Inc.).

Morton Siegel, with whom, on the brief, was Harold V. Gorman, for the appellant (defendant Heublein, Inc.).

Walter B. Schatz, with whom were Samuel J. Henderson and, on the brief, Alfred F. Wechsler, for the appellant (defendant Brescome Distributors Corp.).

James A. Wade, with whom were Sally S. King and, on the brief, Bonnie J. MacEslin, for the appellee (plaintiff).

PETERS, PARSKEY, GRILLO, SANTANIELLO and BIELUCH, JS.


PARSKEY, J.

The consolidated cases involved in these appeals concern the termination of liquor distributorships. The principal questions raised by these appeals are (1) whether Public Acts 1981, No. 81-367 (act) applies to distributorships in existence prior to the effective date of the act and (2) if so, whether the act as so applied is constitutional. The trial court ruled that the act did not apply and therefore did not...

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