STANDARD DIST. CO. v. FLA. DEPT. OF BUS.

No. AY-317.

473 So.2d 216 (1985)

STANDARD DISTRIBUTING COMPANY (OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA), Appellant, v. Florida Department of Business Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages, Etc., and Isc Wines of California, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Jacobs, Thomas M. Ervin, Jr., and Melissa Fletcher Allaman of Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom & Kitchen, Tallahassee, and W.H.F. Wiltshire of Harrell, Wiltshire, Stone & Swearingen, Pensacola, for appellant.

Sandra P. Stockwell, Staff Atty., Tallahassee, for DBR.

Morton Siegel, Michael A. Moses and James L. Webster of Siegel, Denberg, Vanasco, Shukovsky, Moses & Schoenstadt, Chicago, III., Cynthia S. Tunnicliff of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Lasky, General Counsel, San Francisco, Cal., for ISC Wines.

Wilbur E. Brewton and J. Riley Davis of Taylor, Brion, Buker & Greene, Tallahassee, for amicus curiae.


NIMMONS, Judge.

Appellant Standard Distributing Company (Standard) appeals two administrative orders issued by appellee Department of Business Regulation (DBR). Finding the orders clearly erroneous, we reverse.

Standard is a liquor distributor and was the exclusive distributor of Colony Wines and Heublein products. Heublein Inc., was the manufacturer supplying Standard. On September 28, 1983, ISC Wines of California (ISC) acquired the assets of Heublein. By...

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