COORS BREWING CO. v. MOLSON BREWERIES

No. 94-1217.

51 F.3d 1511 (1995)

COORS BREWING COMPANY, a Colorado corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MOLSON BREWERIES, an Ontario partnership; Molson Breweries of Canada Limited, a Canadian corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and Miller Brewing Company, a Wisconsin corporation; The Molson Companies Limited, a Canadian corporation; and Molson Breweries, U.S.A., Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Cullen, Jr., Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC (Donald I. Baker, Michael P. Gurdak, Deena B. Jenab also of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, and Russell Carparelli, Tim L. Campbell and Matthew S. McElhiney, Bradley, Campbell, Carney & Madsen, Golden, CO, with him on the briefs), for plaintiff-appellee Coors Brewing Co.

A. Paul Victor, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City (Debra J. Pearlstein, Ronald C. Wheeler and Eileen S. Simon, also of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, and Jane Michaels, Donald A. Degnan and James E. Hartley, of Holland and Hart, Denver, CO, with him on the briefs) for defendants-appellants Molson Breweries and Molson Breweries of Canada, Ltd.

Before LOGAN and HENRY, Circuit Judges, and REED, District Judge.


HENRY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Molson appeals the decision of the district court denying its motion to stay plaintiff Coors's antitrust suit pending contract arbitration. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 16. We affirm the decision of the district court in part, and reverse in part.

I. BACKGROUND

Coors Brewing Company (Coors)1 is a Colorado corporation engaged in the business of brewing, marketing, and...

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