UNITED WHOLESALE LIQUOR v. BROWN-FORMAN

No. 17839.

775 P.2d 233 (1989)

108 N.M. 467

UNITED WHOLESALE LIQUOR COMPANY and Michael J. Chiordi, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. BROWN-FORMAN DISTILLERS CORPORATION, Brown-Forman Beverage Company, and Quality Import Company, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Branch, Jr., Albuquerque, for plaintiffs-appellants and cross-appellees.

Kemp, Smith, Duncan & Hammond, John P. Eastham, Celia F. Rankin, Albuquerque, Douglas W. Metz, Washington, D.C., Alice E. Herter, Santa Fe, for amicus curiae Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America.

Eaves, Darling & Porter, P.A., John T. Porter, Albuquerque, for amicus curiae Quality Import Co.


OPINION

STOWERS, Justice.

Plaintiffs-appellants, United Wholesale Liquor Company (United) and Michael J. Chiordi, appeal from the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation (Brown-Forman) and Quality Import Company (Quality), on the choice of law provision that Kentucky and not New Mexico law is controlling in this case. Brown-Forman and Quality cross-appeal the trial court...

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