ALL BRAND IMPORTERS v. TAMPA CROWN DISTRIBUTORS

No. 88-3158.

864 F.2d 748 (1989)

ALL BRAND IMPORTERS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TAMPA CROWN DISTRIBUTORS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Sheehan, James A. Sheehan, P.A., St. Petersburg, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Edward Gerecke, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, COX, Circuit Judge, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is a breach of contract action, the outcome of which partially turns on whether the district court properly held that the statute of frauds bars the enforcement of an alleged oral contract for the sole distributorship of the beer products of plaintiff.

We hold that the Florida Statute of Frauds, Fla.Stat. § 725.01, bars enforcement of an oral contract that was intended by the parties to last longer than a year, even though the contract...

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