HEUBLEIN, INC. v. DEPT. OF A.B.C.

Record No. 860321.

376 S.E.2d 77 (1989)

HEUBLEIN, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL OF the COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Farrell, II, C. Torrence Armstrong (McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Alexandria, on briefs), for appellant.

Donald A. Lahy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wiley R. Wright, Jr. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., William Griffith Thomas, Alexandria, Thomas A. Lisk, Thomas & Fiske, P.C., Richmond, on briefs), for appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, THOMAS, and WHITING, JJ.


WHITING, Justice.

Heublein, Inc. (Heublein), a nationwide supplier of wines, brought this declaratory judgment suit against the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the Commonwealth of Virginia, its Commissioners (the ABC Board), and six wholesalers of Heublein's wines1 to determine the validity of the Virginia Wine Franchise Act, Code §§ 4-118.21 to .41, which became effective July 1, 1985. The trial court permitted the...

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