SEAGRAM DISTILLERS CO. v. ALCOHOLIC BEV. CONTROL COMM.


401 Mass. 713 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 276

SEAGRAM DISTILLERS COMPANY & others vs. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CONTROL COMMISSION & another (and two consolidated cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Caruso for Seagram Distillers Company & others.

Joseph B. Pritti of New York for "21" Brands, Inc.

Evan T. Lawson (William F. Coyne, Jr., with him) for Country Club Wine & Spirits, Inc.

Douglas H. Wilkins, Assistant Attorney General, for Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

Two liquor distillers and a liquor wholesaler cross appeal from Superior Court judgments affirming two decisions of the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. The primary issue involved is what constitutes "good cause" termination by the supplier of a wholesale liquor distributorship agreement under G.L.c. 138, § 25E.4 The parties also allege other errors of law and question the...

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